GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1228

Short Title:  Restoration of Rights.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Adams; Blue, Fitch, Hardaway, Hunter, McAllister, and Womble.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP OF A CONVICTED PERSON IF THAT PERSON IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION OR IS GIVEN A SENTENCE WITHOUT INCARCERATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 13-1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 13-1.  Restoration of citizenship.
Any person convicted of a crime, whereby the rights of citizenship are forfeited, shall have such rights automatically restored upon the occurrence of any one of the following conditions:
(1)	The discharge of an inmate by the State Department of Correction or the North Carolina Department of Correction.
		(4)	With regard to any person convicted of a crime against the United States, the discharge from incarceration of such person by the agency of the United States having jurisdiction of such person.
(5)	With regard to any person convicted of a crime in another state, the discharge of such person from incarceration by the agency of that state having jurisdiction of such person.
(6)	The imposition by a court of a sentence other than jail or imprisonment, provided that:
a.	Citizenship shall be forfeited if jail or imprisonment is imposed because of a failure of the offender to meet conditions of the nonincarcerating sentence; and
b.	If the sentence included a mixture of incarceration and other forms of punishment, the offender's citizenship shall not be restored until the offender has been released from incarceration."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2000.