The Committee on Corrections and Penology proposed the following amendment (CM\351C001.GT.CM21):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

/SECTION1. Section 24-3-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 24-3-180. (A)Whenever an inmate is discharged from a state prison, the Department of Corrections shall furnish the inmate with a suit of common clothes, if necessary, and transportation from the prison to his home or as near to it as can be done by public conveyances. The cost of transportation and clothes must be paid by the State Treasurer, on the draft of the department, countersigned by the Comptroller General.

(B) During the discharge of an inmate from a state prison, the Department of Corrections shall provide written notice to the inmate that he is no longer disqualified from registering to vote pursuant to Section 7-5-120(B)(3) upon the completion of his sentence, including probation or parole, together with instructions on how to register to vote."

SECTION2. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-13-190. If a person convicted of a felony or offenses against the election laws has completed his sentence, including probation or parole, then a detention facility, as defined by Section 24-13-180, must provide notice to the person that he is no longer disqualified from registering to vote pursuant to Section 7-5-120(B)(3) and instructions on how to register to vote."

SECTION3. Section 24-21-280 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection at the end:

"( ) If a person convicted of a felony or off enses against the election laws, by completing supervision, has completed all terms of his sentence, then the agent must provide notice to the person that he is no longer disqualified from registering to vote pursuant to Section 7-5-120(B)(3) and instructions on how to register to vote. An agent may fulfill this requirement by providing the information to the person during the intake process. If the person's supervision is completed through the granting of a pardon pursuant to Section 24-21-950(A)(3), the agent may fulfill this requirement by including the information with the pardon certificate."

SECTION4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /