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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to postjudgment proceedings in civil 2
actions relating to terrorism; amending s. 772.13, 3
F.S.; providing additional requirements for 4
postjudgment execution proceedings to enforce 5
judgments under specified provisions; providing an 6
effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 772.13, Florida 11
Statutes, is amended t o read: 12
772.13 Civil remedy for terrorism or facilitating or 13
furthering terrorism. — 14
(6)(a) In any postjudgment execution proceedings to 15
enforce a judgment entered under this section or under 18 U.S.C. 16
s. 2333 or a substantially similar law of the Unite d States or 17
of any state or territory of the United States: 18
1. There is no right to a jury trial under s. 56.18 or s. 19
77.08; and 20
2. A defendant or a person may not use the resources of 21
the courts of this state in furtherance of a defense or 22
objection to postjudgment collection proceedings if the 23
defendant or person purposely leaves the jurisdiction of this 24
state or the United States, declines to enter or reenter this 25
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state or the United States to submit to its jurisdiction, or 26
otherwise evades the juris diction of the court in which a 27
criminal case is pending against the defendant or person. This 28
subparagraph applies to any entity that is owned or controlled 29
by a person to whom this paragraph applies ; 30
3. Creditor process issued under chapter 56 or chapt er 77 31
may be served anywhere in the United States. Writs of 32
garnishment issued under s. 77.01 and proceedings supplementary 33
under s. 56.29 apply to intangible assets wherever located, 34
including bank accounts as defined in s. 674.104(1)(a), 35
financial assets as defined in s. 678.1021(1)(i), or other 36
intangible property as defined in s. 717.101; 37
4. Notwithstanding s. 678.1121, the interest of a debtor 38
in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor by legal 39
process upon the securities intermediary wit h whom the debtor's 40
securities account is maintained or, if that is a foreign 41
entity, legal process may be served upon the United States 42
securities intermediary that has reported holding or maintaining 43
the blocked security assets to the Office of Foreign A ssets 44
Control of the United States Department of the Treasury; and 45
5. Notwithstanding s. 670.502(4), when an electronic funds 46
transfer is not completed within 5 banking days and is canceled 47
pursuant to s. 670.211(4) because a United States intermediary 48
financial institution has blocked the transaction in compliance 49
with a United States sanctions program, and a terrorist party or 50
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any agency or instrumentality thereof was either the originator 51
or the intended beneficiary, then the blocked funds shall be 52
deemed owned by the agency or instrumentality and shall be 53
subject to execution and garnishment . 54
(b) Paragraph (a) applies to any judgment collectible 55
under state law and to any civil action pending or filed on or 56
after June 20, 2023. 57
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 58