HB 811

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to human trafficking; creating within the
3	Executive Office of the Governor the Florida Statewide
4	Task Force on Human Trafficking; prescribing the
5	membership of the task force; providing for members of the
6	task force to serve without compensation or reimbursement
7	for per diem and travel expenses; providing specific
8	responsibilities and duties of the task force and its
9	members; requiring that the task force prepare a final
10	report by a specified date; providing duties of the
11	Florida State University Center for the Advancement of
12	Human Rights; abolishing the task force on a specified
13	date; providing an effective date.
14
15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1.  Florida Statewide Task Force on Human
18	Trafficking.--
19	(1)  The Legislature declares that the purpose of this act
20	is to create a public and private task force to examine and
21	analyze the problem of human trafficking and to plan for a
22	coordinated, humane response for victims of human trafficking
23	through a review of existing programs, a clarification of
24	existing options for such victims, and revised policy efforts to
25	coordinate governmental and private efforts.
26	(2)(a)  There is created within the Executive Office of the
27	Governor the Florida Statewide Task Force on Human Trafficking,
28	a task force as defined in s. 20.03, Florida Statutes. The task
29	force is created for the express purpose of examining the
30	problem of human trafficking and recommending strategies and
31	actions for reducing or eliminating the unlawful trafficking of
32	men, women, and children into this state.
33	(b)  The task force shall consist of the following
34	governmental members, or a designee:
35	1.  The executive director of the Department of Law
36	Enforcement, who shall serve as co-chair.
37	2.  The Secretary of Children and Family Services, who
38	shall serve as co-chair.
39	3.  The Chief Financial Officer.
40	4.  The Commissioner of Agriculture.
41	5.  The Attorney General.
42	6.  The State Surgeon General.
43	7.  The statewide prosecutor.
44	8.  The executive director of the Florida Commission on
45	Human Relations.
46	9.  The executive director of the Florida Coalition Against
47	Domestic Violence.
48	10.  The Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation.
49	11.  A sheriff.
50	12.  A police chief.
51	(c)  The task force shall consist of the following
52	nongovernmental members, or a designee:
53	1.  The executive director of the Florida State University
54	Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.
55	2.  The executive director of the Florida Immigrant
56	Advocacy Center.
57	3.  The secretary of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
58	4.  The executive director of the Florida Coalition Against
59	Human Trafficking.
60	5.  The executive director of the Florida Freedom
61	Partnership.
62	6.  The executive director of Gulfcoast Legal Services.
63	7.  The executive director of the Florida Council Against
64	Sexual Violence.
65	(d)  The Governor shall appoint the sheriff and police
66	chief by July 1, 2009. The Governor may appoint ex officio
67	members at any time.
68	(e)  Members of the task force shall serve without
69	compensation or reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses.
70	(3)(a)  The task force shall receive the Statewide
71	Strategic Plan currently being formulated by the Florida State
72	University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. The
73	strategic plan shall be presented to the task force at the first
74	meeting of the task force no later than November 1, 2009.
75	(b)  The work of the task force is to receive, revise, and
76	propose a plan of implementation of the strategic plan no later
77	than October 1, 2010.
78	(4)  The Florida State University Center for the
79	Advancement of Human Rights shall:
80	(a)  Collect and organize data concerning the nature and
81	extent of trafficking of persons in Florida and measure and
82	evaluate the progress in the state in preventing trafficking,
83	protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking,
84	and prosecuting persons engaged in trafficking activities;
85	(b)  Identify available federal, state, and local programs
86	in this state which provide services to victims of trafficking,
87	including, but not limited to, health care and human services,
88	housing services, education services, legal assistance, job
89	training or preparation classes, interpreting services, English
90	as a Second Language classes, and victim's compensation;
91	(c)  Evaluate approaches to increase public awareness of
92	trafficking, particularly the risks of becoming a trafficking
93	victim; the common recruitment techniques; the use of debt
94	bondage, blackmail, forced labor and services, prostitution, and
95	other coercive tactics; the crime victims' rights; and the
96	reporting of recruitment activities involved in trafficking;
97	(d)  Analyze the current state, local, and federal criminal
98	statutes for their adequacy in addressing trafficking and, if
99	the analysis determines that those statutes are inadequate,
100	recommend revisions to those statutes or the enactment of new
101	statutes that specifically define and address trafficking; and
102	(e)  Consult with governmental and nongovernmental
103	organizations, especially those specializing in stopping
104	trafficking or representing diverse communities
105	disproportionately affected by trafficking, in developing
106	recommendations to strengthen state and local efforts to prevent
107	trafficking, protect and assist victims of trafficking, and
108	prosecute traffickers.
109	(5)  The task force is abolished July 1, 2011.
110	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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