Bill Summary

by Caruso, Michael

Combatting Illegal Immigration, Terrorist Organizations, and Transnational Organized Crime and Their Illegal Immigrant Participants: Revises definition of term "criminal gang" & defines term "transnational criminal organization"; authorizes penalty enhancement of certain offenses upon finding by factfinder that defendant committed charged offense for specified purposes; specifies that all profits, proceeds, & instrumentalities of hate group activity, terrorist organization activity, & transnational criminal organization activity & all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate such criminal activity are subject to seizure & forfeiture under Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act; provides criminal penalties for persons who knowingly initiate, organize, plan, finance, direct, manage, or supervise hate group's activities, terrorist organization's activities, or transnational criminal organization's activities. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

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