1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to crime; providing for forfeiture of money used or intended for use to
1.3facilitate a prostitution or sex trafficking offense;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, section 609.5312, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.5312, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. Property subject to forfeiture. (a) All personal property is subject
1.8to forfeiture if it was used or intended for use to commit or facilitate the commission of
1.9a designated offense. All money and other property, real and personal, that represent
1.10proceeds of a designated offense, and all contraband property, are subject to forfeiture,
1.11except as provided in this section.
1.12(b) All money used or intended to be used to facilitate the commission of a violation
1.13of section 609.322 or 609.324 or a violation of a local ordinance substantially similar to
1.14section 609.322 or 609.324 is subject to forfeiture.
1.15(c) The Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit shall not seize real
1.16property for the purposes of forfeiture under paragraph (a).
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2013.