Florida Senate - 2009                              CS for SB 502
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations;
       and Senators Dockery and Crist
       
       
       
       604-05716-09                                           2009502c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to human smuggling; creating s.
    3         787.07, F.S.; providing that a person commits a
    4         misdemeanor if he or she transports an individual into
    5         this state from another country and knows, or should
    6         know, that the individual is illegally entering the
    7         United States; providing criminal penalties; providing
    8         an effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 787.07, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         787.07 Human smuggling.—
   15         (1) A person who transports into this state an individual
   16  who the person knows, or should know, is illegally entering the
   17  United States from another country commits a misdemeanor of the
   18  first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   19  775.083.
   20         (2) A person commits a separate offense for each individual
   21  he or she transports into this state in violation of this
   22  section.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009.