Bill Text: MS HB198 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Human Trafficking; revise.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB198 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB198-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Currie
House Bill 198
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-54.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE OFFENSE AND THE PENALTIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-3-54.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-3-54.1. (1) (a) A person who recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide or obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to forced labor or services, shall be guilty of the crime of human-trafficking.
(b) A person who knowingly subjects, or attempts to subject, another person to forced labor or services shall be guilty of the crime of procuring involuntary servitude.
(c) (i) A
person who knowingly subjects, or attempts to subject, or who recruits,
entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains by any means, or attempts to
recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide or obtain by any means, * * *
another person,
knowing that the * * * person
will engage in commercial sexual activity, sexually explicit performance, or
the production of sexually oriented material, or causes or attempts to cause * * *
the person to engage
in commercial sexual activity, sexually explicit performance, or the production
of sexually oriented material, shall be guilty of procuring sexual servitude * * *
and shall be punished
by commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than
thirty (30) years.
(ii) A person who violates the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and the violation involves a minor as the victim shall be guilty of procuring sexual servitude of a minor and shall be punished by commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than fifty (50) years.
(2) A person who is
convicted of an offense set forth in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section,
or who benefits, whether financially or by receiving anything of value, from
participation in a venture that has engaged in an act described in this
section, shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for
not more than * * * twenty-five (25) years and a fine of up to Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
(3) A business entity that knowingly aids or participates in human trafficking shall be subject to the permanent loss of any license or certificate to conduct business in the state.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
