Senate Bill sb1426

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1426

    By Senator Garcia





    39-1391-02                                          See HB 855

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to illegal smuggling of aliens;

  3         providing a definition; providing a penalty for

  4         smuggling, attempting to smuggle, or conspiring

  5         to smuggle, aliens into the state; providing an

  6         increased penalty when an alien is killed as a

  7         result of a violation of the act; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Illegal smuggling of aliens into state;

13  definition; penalties; increased penalty where death

14  results.--

15         (1)  For the purposes of this section, "alien" means a

16  person who is neither a resident of nor a citizen of the

17  United States.

18         (2)  It is unlawful for any person to knowingly

19  smuggle, attempt to smuggle, or conspire to smuggle any alien

20  into this state.

21         (3)  Any person who violates the provisions of

22  subsection (2) commits a felony of the second degree,

23  punishable as provided in section 775.082, Florida Statutes,

24  section 775.083, Florida Statutes, or section 775.084, Florida

25  Statutes.

26         (4)  If any alien is killed as a result of an attempt

27  to smuggle the alien into this state in violation of

28  subsection (2), the person contracting for or attempting to

29  smuggle the alien into the state commits a felony of the first

30  degree, punishable as provided in section 775.082, section

31  775.083, or section 775.084, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1426
    39-1391-02                                          See HB 855




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

  6    Provides a second degree felony penalty for smuggling,
      attempting to smuggle, or conspiring to smuggle an alien
  7    into the state. Provides a first degree felony penalty
      when an alien is killed in an attempt to illegally
  8    smuggle the alien into the state.

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