| 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. |