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 committed to the 
1.12 	custody of the commissioner of corrections and  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) An individual who is convicted of any felony other than treason and incarcerated 
1.17 	in a local correctional facility for the offense is not eligible to vote during the period the 
1.18 	individual is incarcerated.
1.19 	(c) An individual who is convicted of treason and who is placed on probation is not 
1.20 	eligible to vote until the individual's sentence has expired.
1.21 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, an individual described in paragraph (a), clause 
1.22 	(1), is restored to civil rights upon the expiration of the individual's sentence, or discharge 
1.23 	from parole, conditional release, or supervised release, whichever occurs latest.

1.24 	Sec. 2. [243.205] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
2.1 	Unless the offender is otherwise prohibited by law from voting, the commissioner 
2.2 	of corrections shall give an offender who was committed to the commissioner's custody 
2.3 	notice in writing that the offender is eligible to vote upon the expiration of the offender's 
2.4 	sentence, or discharge from parole, conditional release, or supervised release, whichever 
2.5 	occurs latest.

2.6 	Sec. 3. [609.169] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
2.7 	When an offender who has been convicted of a felony offense is released from 
2.8 	incarceration in a local correctional facility, the chief executive officer of the facility shall 
2.9 	give the offender a notice in writing that the person is eligible to vote unless the offender 
2.10 	is otherwise prohibited by law from voting.