Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1044
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/25/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 44 - 49
    4  and insert:
    5  the state acquires provisional title to the seized property.
    6  Property may not be seized under the Florida Contraband
    7  Forfeiture Act until the owner of such property is arrested for
    8  a criminal offense that renders the property a contraband
    9  article. A forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture
   10  Act is not final, and title or other indicia of ownership, other
   11  than provisional title, do not pass to the state or jurisdiction
   12  seeking forfeiture until the owner of the seized property is
   13  prosecuted and convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere
   14  to a criminal offense, without regard to whether adjudication is
   15  withheld, that renders the
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete lines 5 - 9
   20  and insert:
   21         circumstances; prohibiting the seizure of property
   22         under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act until the
   23         owner of such property is arrested for a criminal
   24         offense that renders the property a contraband
   25         article; prohibiting a forfeiture under the Florida
   26         Contraband Forfeiture Act from being final until the
   27         owner of the seized property is prosecuted and
   28         convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a
   29         criminal offense that renders the