Bill Text: MS HB4116 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Suffrage; restore to Lamar Sampson of Humphreys County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-27 - Referred To Judiciary, Division B [HB4116 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB4116-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative James-Jones
House Bill 4116
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO LAMAR SAMPSON OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Lamar Sampson of Humphreys County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of his conviction for the crimes of arson and conspiracy to commit arson on February 27, 2013, in Humphreys County, for which he was sentenced to serve three (3) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, two (2) years supervised probation, ordered to pay Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) attorney fees, Three Hundred Seventy-six Dollars ($376.00) court costs, payable at Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month until paid. On March 13, 2013, Count II conspiracy was Nolle prosequi.
He was released on probation on April 25, 2013, and discharged on April 13, 2015. The Legislature is informed that he has since conducted 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.
