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Senate Amendment 5132

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2269 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 8, the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 48A.6, subsection 1, Code 2003,
  1  5 is amended to read as follows:
  1  6    1.  A person who has been convicted of a felony as
  1  7 defined in section 701.7, or convicted of an offense
  1  8 classified as a felony under federal law.  If When the
  1  9 person's rights are later restored by the governor, or
  1 10 by the president of the United States, pursuant to
  1 11 section 914.8, the person may register to vote."
  1 12    #2.  Page 18, by inserting after line 4, the
  1 13 following:
  1 14    "Sec.    .  Section 602.8102, Code Supplement 2003,
  1 15 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  16.  Notify a person that the
  1 17 person has made full restitution, including the
  1 18 community service requirement, and that if the person
  1 19 has been discharged from probation, parole, or work
  1 20 release or has been released from confinement because
  1 21 the term of confinement is completed, the person may
  1 22 apply to register to vote.
  1 23    Sec.    .  Section 910.9, Code Supplement 2003, is
  1 24 amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  1 25 paragraph:
  1 26    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The clerk of the
  1 27 sentencing court shall notify the offender that full
  1 28 restitution, including the community service
  1 29 requirement, has been made, and that if the offender
  1 30 has been discharged from probation, parole, or work
  1 31 release or has been released from confinement because
  1 32 the term of confinement is completed, the offender may
  1 33 apply to register to vote.
  1 34    Sec.    .  Section 914.2, Code 2003, is amended to
  1 35 read as follows:
  1 36    914.2  RIGHT OF APPLICATION.
  1 37    Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2 or
  1 38 914.8, a person convicted of a criminal offense has
  1 39 the right to make application to the board of parole
  1 40 for recommendation or to the governor for a reprieve,
  1 41 pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fines or
  1 42 forfeitures, or restoration of rights of citizenship
  1 43 at any time following the conviction.
  1 44    Sec.    .  Section 914.6, subsection 3, Code 2003,
  1 45 is amended to read as follows:
  1 46    3.  In the case of a remission of fines and
  1 47 forfeitures, restoration of rights of citizenship
  1 48 other than the right to register to vote and to vote,
  1 49 or a pardon, commutation of sentence, or reprieve, if
  1 50 the person is not in custody, one copy of the
  2  1 executive instrument shall be delivered to the person
  2  2 and one copy to the clerk of the district court where
  2  3 the judgment is of record.  A list of the restorations
  2  4 of rights of citizenship issued by the governor shall
  2  5 be delivered to the state registrar of voters at least
  2  6 once each month.
  2  7    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  914.8  RESTORATION OF
  2  8 RIGHT TO REGISTER AND TO VOTE.
  2  9    1.  A person convicted of a felony criminal offense
  2 10 who has been discharged from probation under section
  2 11 907.9, discharged from parole or work release under
  2 12 section 906.15, or who is released from confinement
  2 13 under section 902.6 because the person has completed
  2 14 the person's term of confinement, and who has made
  2 15 full restitution, including fulfilling the community
  2 16 service requirement, shall have the right to register
  2 17 to vote and to vote restored in the manner provided in
  2 18 this section.
  2 19    2.  Upon discharge from confinement or supervision,
  2 20 the department of corrections or judicial district
  2 21 department of correctional services, whichever is
  2 22 applicable, shall provide written notice to the
  2 23 inmate, parolee, or probationer of the person's
  2 24 discharge which shall include a voter registration
  2 25 form and a statement that the person's right to
  2 26 register to vote and to vote will be restored upon
  2 27 making full restitution, including fulfilling the
  2 28 community service requirement, and that the clerk of
  2 29 court will notify the person when full restitution has
  2 30 been made.  The notice shall also inform the person
  2 31 that when first registering to vote after discharge,
  2 32 the person must present to the commissioner of
  2 33 registration the discharge notice and the notice that
  2 34 full restitution has been made.
  2 35    3.  A person convicted of a class "A" felony whose
  2 36 sentence has been commuted by the governor shall not
  2 37 be allowed to register to vote."
  2 38    #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  2 39 word "law," the following:  "restoration of the right
  2 40 to vote for certain persons,".
  2 41    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 42 
  2 43 
  2 44                               
  2 45 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH
  2 46 SF 2269.201 80
  2 47 sc/sh
     

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