Bill Text: MS HB1561 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 1561 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Suffrage; restore to Joseph Herring of Lamar County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-05-03 - Died In Committee [HB1561 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB1561-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Pigott

House Bill 1561

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO JOSEPH HERRING OF LAMAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

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

SECTION 1. The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Joseph Herring of Lamar County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of his conviction of Embezzlement in Marion County, Mississippi, in 1997, and who has completed the penalty and any conditions imposed upon him for such conviction. The Legislature has been reliably informed that he is now conducting himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.