SF 1292

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to corrections; requiring that certain
offenders receive notice of eligibility to vote;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 244; 609.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [244.0515] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
new text end

new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), upon completion of
an offender's supervised release term under section 244.05, or
upon completion of a stay of imposition or execution of sentence
under section 609.135, the offender's corrections agent must
give the person a notice in writing that the person is restored
to civil rights for purposes of eligibility to vote.
new text end

new text begin (b) If an offender's conditional release term under section
609.108, subdivision 6, or 609.109, subdivision 7, results in an
offender serving a longer conditional release term than
supervised release term, the offender's corrections agent must
give the person the notice described in paragraph (a) upon
completion of the conditional release term.
new text end

new text begin (c) For the purposes of this section, a "corrections agent"
means a county probation officer appointed under section 244.19,
a state parole or probation agent employed by the Department of
Corrections, or a probation officer in a community corrections
act county.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [609.1655] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
new text end

new text begin (a) 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.
new text end

new text begin (b) When an offender who has been committed to the custody
of the commissioner of corrections is released from a state
correctional facility, the commissioner of corrections must
notify the offender that the person is restored to civil rights
for purposes of eligibility to vote.
new text end