Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 970
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/17/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Bracy) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 787.0611, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         787.0611 The Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking
    8  and Prevention.—
    9         (1) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs
   10  a trust fund to be known as the Trust Fund for Victims of Human
   11  Trafficking and Prevention.
   12         (2) The trust fund shall consist of funds obtained under s.
   13  787.063 from civil actions brought on behalf of victims, from
   14  forfeiture of personal and real property pursuant to an civil
   15  forfeiture action, and from penalties imposed by the courts, and
   16  funds received from any other source, including legislative
   17  appropriations.
   18         (3) The purposes of the fund include, but are not limited
   19  to:
   20         (a) Educating the public about the recruitment,
   21  trafficking, and exploitation of persons through human
   22  trafficking.
   23         (b) Assisting in the prevention of recruitment in Florida
   24  schools of minors for exploitation.
   25         (c) Establishment of a survivors’ resource center to make
   26  available to survivors of human trafficking legal services,
   27  social services, safe harbors, safe houses, and language
   28  services.
   29         (d) Advertising the National Human Trafficking Resource
   30  Center hotline telephone number and the BeFree Textline in
   31  diverse venues.
   32         (e) Assisting in the coordination between law enforcement
   33  agencies and service providers.
   34         (f) Assisting in vacating the convictions of minors who
   35  were victims of human trafficking.
   36         (g) Distributing compensation to victims of human
   37  trafficking under s. 787.064.
   38         (4) The fund shall be administered by the Statewide Council
   39  on Human Trafficking created in s. 16.617.
   40         (5) In addition to the purposes specified in subsection
   41  (3), moneys in the fund may be used to bring actions, and to pay
   42  any associated costs under such actions, under s. 787.063.
   43         (6) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   44  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   45  terminated on July 1, 2021. Before its scheduled termination,
   46  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   47  and (2).
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   49  SB 972 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   50  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   51  thereof and becomes a law.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   56  and insert:
   57                        A bill to be entitled                      
   58         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 787.0611,
   59         F.S.; creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human
   60         Trafficking and Prevention within the Department of
   61         Legal Affairs; providing the purposes of, and funding
   62         sources for, the trust fund; providing for
   63         administration of the fund by the Statewide Council on
   64         Human Trafficking; providing for future review and
   65         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
   66         providing a contingent effective date.