AN ACT
To provide for a systematic method in which citizens with a felony conviction can rehabilitate and obtain an expungement through a clean and honest program.
Be it enacted by the State of Firestone Congress here assembled that:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Citizen Left Behind Act”
SECTION 2. GENERAL RULINGS OF A FELONY CONVICTION.
- Be it enacted by this Act, it shall be hereby legal that any citizen who obtains a felony conviction shall be granted the opportunity for expungement with the methods invested within this Act as long as their conviction does not associate with treason, bribery, governmental coup, major political offenses, and other charges against the state that may be interpreted as a severe threat.
SECTION 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF A RECOVERY PROGRAM.
(1) In General: An organized, substantial program that allows for the rehabilitation of citizens with felony convictions shall be incorporated within the Department of Justice that allows for the participant to seek an authorized expungement upon completion of the program.
Definitions
- Law Enforcement Agency: A Law Enforcement Agency within this section shall be defined as the Firestone State Patrol, Stapleton County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Corrections, and Department of Homeland Security.
- This program shall be overseen by the Firestone Courts and mandated by the Department of Justice.
- This program shall be opened freely and only to participants who are in which convicted felons as long as they follow the requirements, regulations, and criteria set into place by this Act.
(2) There shall be two phases of this rehabilitation program that each participant must go through in order to be granted the opportunity for record expungement.
(a) Upon being accepted into the program, the participant shall be entered into phase one. Phase one shall consist of two hours of community service with the Department of Public Works. The participant shall be required to be supervised by a credible employee from within the department and they must not only log, but provide proof that the service has been completed. The Department of Justice shall be allowed to decide what kind of community service task that the participant must complete as long as it matches the amount of time required to complete phase one (two hours).
(b) After completing phase one of the program, the participant shall now be entered into phase two. Phase two shall consist of a mandatory ten question interview in front of a judge within the Firestone Courts and a credible and unbiased member of any Law Enforcement Agency that the judge decides to choose. After the interview is complete, the member from the Law Enforcement Agency shall be required to give his input on whether he recommends expungement or if they should continue back to phase one. The judge who is interviewing the participant shall be allowed to create and use questions that are fair and coherent.
(c) Once the participant has completed both phases, an automatic petition for expungement shall be filed on the participant’s behalf and shall be automatically confirmed by the judge who had interviewed the participant during phase two. At this point, the judge shall also invest the power to redirect the participant back to any of the phases before an expungement is finalized.
SECTION 4. REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR PROGRAM ENTRY.
- In General: There shall be requirements and regulations set into place that each participant must meet and follow through with upon entering the program. (i.e; This section has been incorporated within this Act to avoid any loopholes or judicial questioning that may come present during the proposal. This section shall apply for the entirety of this Act.)
REQUIREMENTS
(a) Each participant shall be willing to follow through with the program until the completion of both phases upon entering.
(b) In order for the participant’s entry into the program to be accepted, the participant shall not be convicted or found guilty of: Treason, Bribery, Coup Attempts, any kind of Political Offense, or, a crime against the state that could potentially be listed as a security threat or hurt the state if an expungement was to be granted.
(c) Upon being convicted, the participant shall be required to wait for up to three weeks in order to be granted admission into this program. If the conviction was months prior to the release of this Act, the participant shall be automatically admitted.
REGULATIONS
(d) Upon attempting to follow through with this program or one of the methods of this Act, the participant shall only be allowed to complete this program for up to two times as long as they meet the following:
- If the participant completes the program once and then obtains another felony conviction, they shall be allowed to re-enter the program once more. Any felony convictions obtained after going through the program twice shall be ignored and participation for any part of this Act shall be strictly denied.
SECTION 5. CONCLUDING PRECEDINGS.
This act shall go into effect immediately upon passing both chambers of Congress and being signed into law by the Governor.
Respectfully submitted to the Firestone State Congress on this day,
Chief Sponsor(s):
Representative FightingTheFlames
Former Senator TimothyConyers
Co-Sponsor(s):
DOBW Deputy Secretary Ronald_Reagan
Former Senator JamesDitomosso