Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1044
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/22/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete line 44
    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 act that renders the property a contraband article. A
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   10  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   11  And the title is amended as follows:
   12         Delete line 5
   13  and insert:
   14         circumstances; prohibiting the seizure of property
   15         under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act until the
   16         owner of such property is arrested for a criminal act
   17         that renders the property a contraband article;
   18         prohibiting a forfeiture under the