MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Watson

House Bill 1056

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO SUSAN E. WATTS ZIMMERMAN OF PERRY 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 Susan E. Watts Zimmerman of Perry County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of her conviction of uttering forgery in Forrest County, Mississippi, in 1982, 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.