Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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18 11. Any criminal violation of s. 409.920 or s.
19 409.9201; or
20 12. Any crime involving voter registration, voting, or
21 candidate or issue petition activities; or
22 13. Any criminal violation of s. 787.06 or any offense
23 involving or related to a violation of s. 787.06;
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25 or any attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of
26 the crimes specifically enumerated above. The office shall
27 have such power only when any such offense is occurring, or
28 has occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a
29 related transaction, or when any such offense is connected
30 with an organized criminal conspiracy affecting two or more
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1 (b) Upon request, cooperate with and assist state
2 attorneys and state and local law enforcement officials in
3 their efforts against organized crimes.
4 (c) Request and receive from any department, division,
5 board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state, or of
6 any political subdivision thereof, cooperation and assistance
7 in the performance of its duties.
8 (2) The Attorney General shall appoint a statewide
9 prosecutor from not less than three persons nominated by the
10 judicial nominating commission for the Supreme Court. The
11 statewide prosecutor shall be in charge of the Office of
12 Statewide Prosecution for a term of 4 years to run
13 concurrently with the term of the appointing official. The
14 statewide prosecutor shall be an elector of the state, shall
15 have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding 5
16 years, and shall devote full time to the duties of statewide
17 prosecutor and not engage in the private practice of law. The
18 Attorney General may remove the statewide prosecutor prior to
19 the end of his or her term. A vacancy in the position of
20 statewide prosecutor shall be filled within 60 days. During
21 the period of any vacancy, the Attorney General shall exercise
22 all the powers and perform all the duties of the statewide
23 prosecutor. A person appointed statewide prosecutor is
24 prohibited from qualifying as a candidate for election running
25 for or accepting appointment to any state elected office for a
26 period of 2 years following vacation of office. The statewide
27 prosecutor shall on March 1 of each year report in writing to
28 the Governor and the Attorney General on the activities of the
29 office for the preceding year and on the goals and objectives
30 for the next year.
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1 ==== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ====
2 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
3 On page 11, lines 18-21, delete those lines
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6 Section 5. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 16.56,
7 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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11 And the title is amended as follows:
12 On page 1, line 2, through
13 page 2, line 2, delete those lines
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16 An act relating to the prosecution of human
17 trafficking; amending s. 787.06, F.S.;
18 providing legislative findings and intent;
19 defining the term "financial harm"; redefining
20 the term "forced labor or services" to include
21 circumstances involving the use of fraud or
22 coercion against a person, the use of certain
23 debt practices, and the destruction,
24 concealing, or withholding of a person's
25 identification documents; providing for
26 attempted human trafficking to be an equal
27 crime to human trafficking; prohibiting
28 knowingly benefiting financially or receiving
29 anything of value from human trafficking when
30 the trafficked person engages in forced labor
31 or services; providing criminal penalties;
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1 amending s. 772.102, F.S.; expanding the
2 definition of the term "criminal activity" to
3 include the offense of human trafficking and
4 the offense of sex trafficking for purposes of
5 seeking civil remedies for criminal offenses;
6 amending s. 772.104, F.S.; revising a civil
7 cause of action relating to injuries by reason
8 of criminal activity; providing for alternative
9 damages for violations relating to sex
10 trafficking and human trafficking; amending s.
11 895.02, F.S.; redefining the term "racketeering
12 activity" to include the offense of human
13 trafficking for purposes of the Florida RICO
14 Act; amending s. 16.56, F.S.; authorizing the
15 Office of the Statewide Prosecution to
16 prosecute any offense involving human
17 trafficking; reenacting ss. 655.50(3)(g),
18 896.101(2)(g), and 905.34, F.S., relating to
19 the definition of "specified
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