Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 534
       
       
       
       
       
       
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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 the emergency
   15  rooms at general acute care hospitals and in health departments
   16  and health clinics.
   17         (3)The employer at each of the following establishments
   18  shall display a public awareness sign developed under subsection
   19  (4) in a conspicuous location that is clearly visible to the
   20  public and employees of the establishment:
   21         (a) A strip club or other adult entertainment
   22  establishment.
   23         (b) An establishment found to be a nuisance for
   24  prostitution under s. 893.138.
   25         (c) The premises of a farm labor contractor where farm
   26  laborers are regularly present.
   27         (d) A business or establishment that offers massage or
   28  bodywork services for compensation that is not owned by a health
   29  care profession regulated pursuant to chapter 456 and defined in
   30  s. 456.001.
   31         (4) The required public awareness sign must be at least 8.5
   32  inches by 11 inches in size, must be printed in at least a 16
   33  point type, must be made of metal for locations provided in
   34  subsections (1) and (2), and metal, paper, or any other medium
   35  for private businesses, and must state substantially the
   36  following in English and Spanish: “If you or someone you know is
   37  being forced to engage in an activity and cannot leave—whether
   38  it is prostitution, housework, farm work, factory work, retail
   39  work, restaurant work, or any other activity—call the National
   40  Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or text INFO
   41  or HELP to 233-733 to access help and services. Victims of
   42  slavery and human trafficking are protected under United States
   43  and Florida law.”
   44         (5) The county commission may adopt an ordinance to enforce
   45  subsection (3). A violation of subsection (3) shall be a
   46  noncriminal violation and punishable by a fine only as provided
   47  in s. 775.083.
   48         Section 2. The Department of Transportation may not expend
   49  more than $50,000 in the 2015-2016 fiscal year to produce the
   50  signs required by s. 787.29(1), Florida Statutes, as created by
   51  this act.
   52         Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
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   54  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   55  And the title is amended as follows:
   56         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   57  and insert:
   58                        A bill to be entitled                      
   59         An act relating to human trafficking; creating s.
   60         787.29, F.S.; requiring the Department of
   61         Transportation, the Department of Health, and certain
   62         employers to display human trafficking public
   63         awareness signs at specified locations; providing
   64         public awareness sign requirements; authorizing a
   65         county commission to adopt an enforcement ordinance;
   66         providing a penalty; providing a limit on
   67         expenditures; providing an effective date.