Office of the Revisor of Statutes
SF 1752
1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006)
Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to elections; restoring citizenship rights and eligibility to vote to certain
convicted felons who are not incarcerated; requiring notice; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 201.014, subdivision 2; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 609.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 201.014, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Not eligible.
new text begin (a) new text end The following individuals are not eligible to votedeleted text begin . Any
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deleted text begin (a) deleted text end new text begin (1) an individual who is new text end convicted of treason or any felonynew text begin and incarcerated for
the offensenew text end whose civil rights have not been restored;
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (2) an individual who isnew text end under a guardianship in which the court order revokes
the ward's right to vote; deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin and
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deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (3) an individual who isnew text end found by a court of law to be legally incompetent.
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(b) For purposes of this subdivision, an individual convicted of a felony is restored
to civil rights:
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(1) after completion of any period of incarceration in a local correctional facility; or
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(2) after completion of any period of incarceration in a state correctional facility and
discharge from parole, conditional release, or supervised release.
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Sec. 2.
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[243.205] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND
ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
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The commissioner of corrections must give an offender notice in writing that the
offender is restored to civil rights for purposes of eligibility to vote when the offender has
been released from a state correctional facility and is discharged from parole, conditional
release, or supervised release.
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Sec. 3.
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[609.169] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND
ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
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When an offender who has been convicted of a felony offense is released from
incarceration in a local correctional facility, the chief executive officer of the facility must
give the offender a notice in writing that the person is restored to civil rights for purposes
of eligibility to vote.
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