Bill Text: MS HB1703 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Suffrage; restore to Jessie Mae Dotson of Tunica County, Mississippi.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-26 - Law W/out Governor's Signature [HB1703 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1703-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Burnett

House Bill 1703

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO JESSIE MAE DOTSON OF TUNICA 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 Jessie Mae Dotson of Tunica County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of her conviction of uttering forgery in Tunica County, Mississippi, in 2005, and who has completed the penalty and any conditions imposed upon her for such conviction.  The Legislature has been reliably informed that she is now conducting herself 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.