Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for HB 369
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AE/3R . Floor: SA1/CA
04/22/2015 04:28 PM . 04/24/2015 09:08 AM
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Senator Latvala moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 787.29, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 787.29 Human trafficking public awareness signs.—
8 (1) The Department of Transportation shall display a public
9 awareness sign developed under subsection (4) in every rest
10 area, turnpike service plaza, weigh station, primary airport,
11 passenger rail station, and welcome center in the state which is
12 open to the public.
13 (2) The Department of Health shall display a public
14 awareness sign developed under subsection (4) in health
15 departments and health clinics.
16 (3) The employer at each of the following establishments
17 shall display a public awareness sign developed under subsection
18 (4) in a conspicuous location that is clearly visible to the
19 public and employees of the establishment:
20 (a) A strip club or other adult entertainment
21 establishment.
22 (b) An establishment found to be a nuisance for
23 prostitution under s. 893.138.
24 (c) The premises of a farm labor contractor where farm
25 laborers are regularly present.
26 (d) A business or establishment that offers massage or
27 bodywork services for compensation that is not owned by a health
28 care profession regulated pursuant to chapter 456 and defined in
29 s. 456.001.
30 (4) The required public awareness sign must be at least 8.5
31 inches by 11 inches in size, must be printed in at least a 16
32 point type, must be made of metal for locations provided in
33 subsection (1), and metal, paper, or any other medium for
34 locations provided in subsection (2) and for private businesses,
35 and must state substantially the following in English and
36 Spanish: “If you or someone you know is being forced to engage
37 in an activity and cannot leave—whether it is prostitution,
38 housework, farm work, factory work, retail work, restaurant
39 work, or any other activity—call the National Human Trafficking
40 Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or text INFO or HELP to 233
41 733 to access help and services. Victims of slavery and human
42 trafficking are protected under United States and Florida law.”
43 (5) The county commission may adopt an ordinance to enforce
44 subsection (3). A violation of subsection (3) shall be a
45 noncriminal violation and punishable by a fine only as provided
46 in s. 775.083.
47 Section 2. The Department of Transportation may not expend
48 more than $50,000 in the 2015-2016 fiscal year to produce the
49 signs required by s. 787.29(1), Florida Statutes, as created by
50 this act.
51 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
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53 And the title is amended as follows:
54 Delete everything before the enacting clause
55 and insert:
56 A bill to be entitled
57 An act relating to human trafficking; creating s.
58 787.29, F.S.; requiring the Department of
59 Transportation, the Department of Health, and certain
60 employers to display human trafficking public
61 awareness signs at specified locations; providing
62 public awareness sign requirements; authorizing a
63 county commission to adopt an enforcement ordinance;
64 providing a penalty; providing a limit on
65 expenditures; providing an effective date.