CRC - 2017                                   COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 74
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                  03/08/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Plymale) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the proposal clause
    4  and insert:
    5                             ARTICLE IV                            
    6                              EXECUTIVE                            
    7         SECTION 8. Clemency.—
    8         (a) Except in cases of treason and in cases where
    9  impeachment results in conviction, the governor may, by
   10  executive order filed with the custodian of state records,
   11  suspend collection of fines and forfeitures, grant reprieves not
   12  exceeding sixty days and, with the approval of two members of
   13  the cabinet, grant full or conditional pardons, restore civil
   14  rights, commute punishment, and remit fines and forfeitures for
   15  offenses.
   16         (b) A person whose civil rights have been revoked may
   17  petition the governor and cabinet for restoration of civil
   18  rights. The procedure and timeline for a decision shall be
   19  prescribed by Florida law.
   20         (c)(b) In cases of treason the governor may grant reprieves
   21  until adjournment of the regular session of the legislature
   22  convening next after the conviction, at which session the
   23  legislature may grant a pardon or further reprieve; otherwise
   24  the sentence shall be executed.
   25         (d)(c) There may be created by law a parole and probation
   26  commission with power to supervise persons on probation and to
   27  grant paroles or conditional releases to persons under sentences
   28  for crime. The qualifications, method of selection and terms,
   29  not to exceed six years, of members of the commission shall be
   30  prescribed by law.
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the proposal clause
   36  and insert:
   37                         A proposal to amend                       
   38         Section 8 of Article IV of the State Constitution to
   39  provide that a person may petition to restore their civil
   40  rights.