North Carolina SB 500: Strengthen Human Trafficking Law.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
S 1
SENATE BILL 500

Short Title: Strengthen Human Trafficking Law. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators D. Davis (Primary Sponsor); Newton, Robinson, Sanderson, Van
Duyn, and Waddell.
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 30, 2017
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-43.11(a) reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 14-43.11. Human trafficking. 5
(a) A person commits the offense of human trafficking when that person (i) knowingly 6
or in reckless disregard of the consequences of the action recruits, entices, harbors, transports, 7
provides, or obtains obtains, advertises, maintains, patronizes, or solicits by any means another 8
person with the intent that the other person be held in involuntary servitude or sexual servitude 9
or (ii) willfully or in reckless disregard of the consequences of the action causes a minor to be 10
held in involuntary servitude or sexual servitude." 11
SECTION 2. Article 10A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by 12
adding the following new sections to read: 13
"§ 14-43.15. Profiting from human trafficking. 14
(a) A person commits the offense of profiting from human trafficking when that person 15
benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has 16
engaged in any act in violation of G.S. 14-43.11, 14-43.12, or 14-43.13 knowing or in reckless 17
disregard of the fact that the venture has engaged in such violation. 18
(b) A person convicted of an offense under this section shall be punished as follows: 19
(1) If the venture engaged in a violation of G.S. 14-43.11 or G.S. 14-43.12 and 20
the victim of the violation is an adult, the person is guilty of a Class F 21
felony. If the venture engaged in a violation of G.S. 14-43.11 or 22
G.S. 14-43.12 and the victim of the violation is a child, the person is guilty 23
of a Class C felony. 24
(2) If the venture engaged in a violation of G.S. 14-43.13 and the victim of the 25
violation is an adult, the person is guilty of a Class D felony. If the venture 26
engaged in a violation of G.S. 14-43.13 and the victim of the violation is a 27
child, the person is guilty of a Class C felony. 28
(c) Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense and shall not merge with 29
any other offense. 30
"§ 14-43.16. Obstruction of investigation of human trafficking. 31
Any person who obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents 32
the enforcement of this Article is guilty of a Class F felony." 33
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to 34
offenses committed on or after that date. 35