40-29-106 - Explanation of procedure for restoration of citizenship rights.
40-29-106. Explanation of procedure for restoration of citizenship rights.
(a) When any nonviolent offender who was convicted of an infamous crime is granted final release from incarceration or discharged from parole, probation, pretrial or judicial diversion or community correction supervision, the sentencing court, department of correction and board of probation and parole are urged to have the official charged with processing and effectuating the person's release or discharge provide the person with information explaining the restoration of citizenship rights procedure.
(b) For purposes of this section, nonviolent offender means a person convicted of a felony that is not defined as a violent offense by § 40-35-120(b).
[Acts 2004, ch. 758, § 1.]