1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to human trafficking; creating s. 787.05, |
3 | F.S.; specifying elements of the offense of unlawfully |
4 | obtaining labor or services; providing criminal penalties; |
5 | creating s. 787.06, F.S.; providing definitions; |
6 | specifying elements of the offense of human trafficking; |
7 | providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; |
8 | providing an 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. Section 787.05, Florida Statutes, is created to |
13 | read: |
14 | 787.05 Unlawfully obtaining labor or services.--Any person |
15 | who knowingly obtains the labor or services of a person by: |
16 | (1) Causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to that |
17 | person or another person; |
18 | (2) Restraining or threatening to restrain that person or |
19 | another person without lawful authority and against her or his |
20 | will; or |
21 | (3) Withholding that person's governmental records, |
22 | identifying information, or other personal property, |
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24 | commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in |
25 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
26 | Section 2. Section 787.06, Florida Statutes, is created to |
27 | read: |
28 | 787.06 Human trafficking.-- |
29 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
30 | (a) "Forced labor or services" means labor or services |
31 | obtained from a person by: |
32 | 1. Using or threatening to use physical force against that |
33 | person or another person; or |
34 | 2. Restraining or confining or threatening to restrain or |
35 | confine that person or another person without lawful authority |
36 | and against her or his will. |
37 | (b) "Human trafficking" means transporting, soliciting, |
38 | recruiting, harboring, providing, or obtaining another person |
39 | for transport. |
40 | (2) Any person who knowingly engages in human trafficking |
41 | with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced |
42 | labor or services commits a felony of the second degree, |
43 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
44 | Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2004, and |
45 | shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date. |