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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to postjudgment execution proceedings 2
relating to terrorism; amending s. 772.13, F.S.; 3
providing additional requirements for postjudgment 4
execution proceedings to enforce judgments entered 5
against terrorist parties under specified provisions; 6
providing retroactive application of specified 7
provisions; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 772.13, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
772.13 Civil remedy for terrorism or facilitating or 14
furthering terrorism. — 15
(6)(a) In any postjudgment execution proceedings to 16
enforce a judgment entered against a terrorist party under this 17
section or under 18 U.S.C. s. 2333 or a substantially similar 18
law of the United States or of any state or territory of the 19
United States, including postjudgment execution proceedings 20
against any agency or instrumentality of the terrorist party not 21
named in the judgment pursuant to s. 201(a) of the Terrorism 22
Risk Insurance Act, 28 U.S.C. s. 1610 : 23
1. There is no right to a jury trial under s. 56.18 or s. 24
77.08; and 25
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2. A defendant or a person may not use the resources of 26
the courts of this state in furtherance of a defense or an 27
objection to postjudgment collection proceedings if the 28
defendant or person purposely leaves the jurisdiction of this 29
state or the United States, declines to enter or reenter this 30
state or the United Stat es to submit to its jurisdiction, or 31
otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a 32
criminal case is pending against the defendant or person. This 33
subparagraph applies to any entity that is owned or controlled 34
by a person to whom this paragraph applies; 35
3. Creditor process issued under chapter 56 or chapter 77 36
may be served upon any person or entity over whom the court has 37
personal jurisdiction. Writs of garnishment issued under s. 38
77.01 and proceedings supplementary under s. 56.29 apply to 39
intangible assets wherever located, without territorial 40
limitation, including bank accounts as defined in s. 41
674.104(1)(a), financial assets as defined in s. 678.1021(1), or 42
other intangible property as defined in s. 717.101. The situs of 43
any intangible asset s held or maintained by or in the 44
possession, custody, or control of a person or entity so served 45
shall be deemed to be in this state for the purposes of a 46
proceeding under chapter 56 or chapter 77. Service of a writ or 47
notice to appear under this section shall provide the court with 48
in rem jurisdiction over any intangible assets regardless of the 49
location of the assets; 50
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4. Notwithstanding s. 678.1121, the interest of a debtor 51
in a financial asset or security entitlement may be reached by a 52
creditor by legal process upon the securities intermediary with 53
whom the debtor's securities account is maintained, or, if that 54
is a foreign entity, legal process under chapter 56 or chapter 55
77 may be served upon the United States securities custodian or 56
intermediary that has reported holding, maintaining, possessing, 57
or controlling the blocked financial assets or security 58
entitlements to the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the 59
United States Department of the Treasury, and such financial 60
assets or security entitlemen ts shall be subject to execution, 61
garnishment, and turnover by the United States securities 62
custodian or intermediary; and 63
5. Notwithstanding s. 670.502(4), when an electronic funds 64
transfer is not completed within 5 banking days and is canceled 65
pursuant to s. 670.211(4) because a United States intermediary 66
financial institution has blocked the transaction in compliance 67
with a United States sanctions program, and a terrorist party or 68
any agency or instrumentality thereof was either the originator 69
or the intended beneficiary, then the blocked funds shall be 70
deemed owned by the terrorist party or its agency or 71
instrumentality and shall be subject to execution and 72
garnishment. 73
(b) Paragraph (a) applies to any postjudgment execution 74
proceedings, including cr editor process under chapter 56 or 75
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chapter 77 served, judgment collectible under state law and to 76
any civil action pending, or filed before, on, or after the 77
effective date of this act June 20, 2023. 78
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 79