House Amendment 1054


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     1  1    Amend House File 283 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 35 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 914.2, Code 2007, is amended to
     1  5 read as follows:
     1  6    914.2  RIGHT OF APPLICATION.
     1  7    Except as otherwise provided in section sections
     1  8 902.2 and 914.2A, a person convicted of a criminal
     1  9 offense has the right to make application may apply to
     1 10 the board of parole for recommendation or to the
     1 11 governor for a reprieve, pardon, commutation of
     1 12 sentence, remission of fines or forfeitures, or
     1 13 restoration of rights of citizenship at any time
     1 14 following the conviction.
     1 15    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  914.2A  RESTORATION OF THE
     1 16 RIGHT TO REGISTER AND TO VOTE == ELIGIBILITY.
     1 17    A person convicted of a felony criminal offense is
     1 18 not eligible for a restoration of rights of
     1 19 citizenship in order to register to vote and vote
     1 20 unless the person has been discharged from probation
     1 21 under section 907.9, discharged from parole or work
     1 22 release under section 906.15, or released from
     1 23 confinement under section 902.6 because the person has
     1 24 completed the person's term of confinement.  In
     1 25 addition, before being eligible for a restoration of
     1 26 rights of citizenship in order to register to vote and
     1 27 vote, such person shall have made full restitution,
     1 28 including fulfilling any community service
     1 29 requirement.
     1 30    Sec.    .  Section 914.3, Code 2007, is amended by
     1 31 adding the following new subsection:
     1 32    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The board shall not make a
     1 33 recommendation on the application of any person who
     1 34 has applied for a restoration of rights of citizenship
     1 35 in order to register to vote and vote who has not met
     1 36 the eligibility requirements of section 914.2A.
     1 37    Sec.    .  Section 914.4, Code 2007, is amended by
     1 38 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
     1 39    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The governor shall not
     1 40 approve a recommendation, or otherwise restore the
     1 41 rights of citizenship, on the application of any
     1 42 person for a restoration of rights of citizenship in
     1 43 order to register to vote and vote who has not met the
     1 44 eligibility requirements of section 914.2A.
     1 45    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed
     1 46 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
     1 47 #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     1 48 word <against> the following:  <and restoring
     1 49 citizenship rights for>.
     1 50 #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     2  1 word <offense> the following:  <, and providing an
     2  2 effective date>.
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     2  5                               
     2  6 GREINER of Washington
     2  7 HF 283.501 82
     2  8 jm/je/5902

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