An individual may not be deprived of the right to vote or to receive, hold, and dispose of property solely because the individual is in a facility or a Veterans' Administration hospital for a mental disorder.

Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 405, § 1, eff. July 1, 1983.

Formerly Art. 59, § 51.