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HB 0803 - Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Wendell Willard
Last Action: 7/1/2018 - Effective Date
House Committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Senate Committee: Health and Human Services
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

HB 803 amends Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A. to create the new Code Section 16-5-102.1, which creates the offense of trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident for the purpose of appropriating resources of such person. The section defines ‘Coercion’, ‘Deception’, ‘Exploitation’, and ‘Isolation’ as they pertain to this offense. An individual commits this offense when such individual, through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation, knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means a disabled adult, elder person, or resident for the purpose of appropriating the resources of said person. Such offense will be a felony punishable for 5-20 years imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, or both; the penalty for imprisonment is increased when more than two victims are involved.


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