CS/HB 811

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