SF 1752

2nd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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 vote deleted text begin . Any
individual deleted text end :

deleted text begin (a) deleted text end new text begin (1) an individual who is new text end convicted of treason or any felony new text begin and committed to the
custody of the commissioner of corrections and new text end whose civil rights have not been restored;

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (2) an individual who is new text end under a guardianship in which the court order revokes
the ward's right to vote; deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin and
new text end

deleted text begin (c) deleted text end new text begin (3) an individual who is new text end found by a court of law to be legally incompetent.

new text begin (b) An individual who is convicted of any felony other than treason and incarcerated
in a local correctional facility for the offense is not eligible to vote during the period the
individual is incarcerated.
new text end

new text begin (c) An individual who is convicted of treason and who is placed on probation is not
eligible to vote until the individual's sentence has expired.
new text end

new text begin (d) For purposes of this subdivision, an individual described in paragraph (a), clause
(1), is restored to civil rights upon the expiration of the individual's sentence, or discharge
from parole, conditional release, or supervised release, whichever occurs latest.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [243.205] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
new text end

new text begin Unless the offender is otherwise prohibited by law from voting, the commissioner
of corrections shall give an offender who was committed to the commissioner's custody
notice in writing that the offender is eligible to vote upon the expiration of the offender's
sentence, or discharge from parole, conditional release, or supervised release, whichever
occurs latest.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [609.169] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
new text end

new text begin 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 shall
give the offender a notice in writing that the person is eligible to vote unless the offender
is otherwise prohibited by law from voting.
new text end