1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; restoring citizenship rights and eligibility to vote to certain 
1.3 	convicted felons who are not incarcerated; requiring notice; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 201.014, subdivision 2; proposing coding for 
1.5 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 609.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 201.014, subdivision 2, 
1.8 	is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Not eligible. (a) The following individuals are not eligible to vote. Any 
1.10 	individual:
1.11 	(a)  (1) an individual who is convicted of treason or any felony and incarcerated for 
1.12 	the offense whose civil rights have not been restored;
1.13 	(b) (2) an individual who is under a guardianship in which the court order revokes 
1.14 	the ward's right to vote; or and
1.15 	(c) (3) an individual who is found by a court of law to be legally incompetent.
1.16 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, an individual convicted of a felony is restored 
1.17 	to civil rights: 
1.18 	(1) after completion of any period of incarceration in a local correctional facility; or 
1.19 	(2) after completion of any period of incarceration in a state correctional facility and 
1.20 	discharge from parole, conditional release, or supervised release.

1.21 	Sec. 2. [243.205] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
1.22 	ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
1.23 	The commissioner of corrections must give an offender notice in writing that the 
1.24 	offender is restored to civil rights for purposes of eligibility to vote  when the offender has 
2.1 	been released from a state correctional facility and is discharged from parole, conditional 
2.2 	release, or supervised release.

2.3 	Sec. 3. [609.169] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
2.4 	ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
2.5 	When an offender who has been convicted of a felony offense is released from 
2.6 	incarceration in a local correctional facility, the chief executive officer of the facility must 
2.7 	give the offender a notice in writing that the person is restored to civil rights for purposes 
2.8 	of eligibility to vote.