BILL NUMBER: SB 557	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 8, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ma)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 236.3 to the Penal Code, relating to human
trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 557, Yee. Human trafficking: property: nuisance.
   Existing law defines human trafficking as the deprivation or
violation of the personal liberty of another person with the intent
to commit certain specified sex offenses with the person or to obtain
forced labor or services, as specified.
   This bill would provide that upon conviction for the offense of
human trafficking involving real property that is used to facilitate
the commission of an offense involving illegal gambling, lewdness,
assignation, or prostitution, that real property is authorized to be
declared and treated as a nuisance, as specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 236.3 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   236.3.  Upon conviction of a violation of Section 236.1, when real
property is used to facilitate the commission of the offense and the
offense involves illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, or
prostitution, the procedures for determining whether the property
constitutes a nuisance and the remedies imposed therefor as provided
in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11225) of Chapter 3 of Title 1
of Part 4 shall apply.