BILL NUMBER: SB 557INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to add Section 236.3 to the Penal Code, relating to human trafficking. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 557, as introduced, Yee. Human trafficking: property: seizure. 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 authorize the court to forfeit any personal property of a person convicted of human trafficking that was used by the person in the course of committing the crime, as specified. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. 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, the court may order any personal property of the defendant used in the course of committing the violation forfeited, pursuant to the procedures in Section 502.01. If real property is used, the procedures declaring the property to be a nuisance in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11225) of Chapter 3 of Title 1 of Part 4 shall apply.