Bill Text: MS HB1602 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-04-04 - Died In Committee [HB1602 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1602-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Pigott

House Bill 1602

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.