Florida Senate - 2015                              CS for SB 534
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       
       591-02747-15                                           2015534c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to human trafficking; creating s.
    3         787.08, F.S.; requiring the Department of
    4         Transportation and certain employers to display human
    5         trafficking public awareness signs at specified
    6         locations; providing civil penalties for violations;
    7         requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with
    8         certain others, to develop specifications for the form
    9         and content of such signs; providing sign
   10         requirements; providing that the Attorney General is
   11         responsible for enforcement; requiring rulemaking;
   12         providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Section 787.08, Florida Statutes, is created to
   17  read:
   18         787.08 Human trafficking public awareness signs.—
   19         (1) The Department of Transportation shall display a public
   20  awareness sign developed under subsection (3) in every rest area
   21  and welcome center in the state that is open to the public.
   22         (2)(a) The employer at each of the following establishments
   23  shall display a public awareness sign developed under subsection
   24  (3) near the public entrance of the establishment or in another
   25  conspicuous location that is clearly visible to both the public
   26  and employees of the establishment:
   27         1. A strip club or other adult entertainment establishment.
   28         2. An establishment found to be a nuisance for prostitution
   29  under s. 893.138.
   30         3. A primary airport.
   31         4. A passenger or light rail station.
   32         5. A bus station.
   33         6. A truck stop. For purposes of this subparagraph, the
   34  term “truck stop” means a privately owned and operated facility
   35  that provides food, fuel, shower or other sanitary facilities,
   36  and lawful overnight truck parking.
   37         7. An emergency room within a general acute care hospital.
   38         8. An urgent care center.
   39         9. The premises of a farm labor contractor where farm
   40  laborers are regularly present.
   41         10. A privately operated job recruitment center.
   42         11. A business or establishment that offers massage or
   43  bodywork services for compensation that is not owned by a health
   44  care profession regulated pursuant to chapter 456 and defined in
   45  s. 456.001.
   46         12. A public K-12 school as described in s. 1000.04.
   47         13. A public library.
   48         14. A health department and a health clinic.
   49         (b) The Attorney General shall impose a civil penalty of
   50  $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for a second or subsequent
   51  offense for an employer who knowingly fails to comply with
   52  paragraph (a). The civil penalty is the exclusive remedy for
   53  failure to comply with this section.
   54         (3)(a) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with
   55  anti-trafficking organizations and human trafficking survivors,
   56  develop specifications for the form and content of signs
   57  required by this section.
   58         (b) The required public notice must be at least 8.5 inches
   59  by 11 inches in size, must be printed in at least a 16-point
   60  type, and must state substantially the following in English,
   61  Spanish, or any other language required by the Attorney General:
   62  “If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in an
   63  activity and cannot leave—whether it is commercial sex,
   64  housework, farm work, factory work, retail work, restaurant
   65  work, or any other activity—call the National Human Trafficking
   66  Resource Center at [insert number] or text INFO or HELP to
   67  [insert number] to access help and services. Victims of slavery
   68  and human trafficking are protected under United States and
   69  Florida law.”
   70         (4) The Attorney General is responsible for enforcement of
   71  this section and shall adopt rules to implement this section.
   72         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.