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 Substitute for Amendment (149896) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 787.0611, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         787.0611 The Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking
    9  and Prevention.—
   10         (1) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs
   11  a trust fund to be known as the Trust Fund for Victims of Human
   12  Trafficking and Prevention.
   13         (2) The trust fund shall consist of funds obtained under s.
   14  787.063 from civil actions brought on behalf of victims, from
   15  penalties imposed by the courts, and funds received from any
   16  other source, including legislative appropriations.
   17         (3) The purposes of the fund include, but are not limited
   18  to:
   19         (a) Educating the public about the recruitment,
   20  trafficking, and exploitation of persons through human
   21  trafficking.
   22         (b) Assisting in the prevention of recruitment in Florida
   23  schools of minors for exploitation.
   24         (c) Establishment of a survivors’ resource center to make
   25  available to survivors of human trafficking legal services,
   26  social services, safe harbors, safe houses, and language
   27  services.
   28         (d) Advertising the National Human Trafficking Resource
   29  Center hotline telephone number and the BeFree Textline in
   30  diverse venues.
   31         (e) Assisting in the coordination between law enforcement
   32  agencies and service providers.
   33         (f) Assisting in vacating the convictions of minors who
   34  were victims of human trafficking.
   35         (4) The fund shall be administered by the Statewide Council
   36  on Human Trafficking created in s. 16.617.
   37         (5) In addition to the purposes specified in subsection
   38  (3), moneys in the fund may be used to bring actions, and to pay
   39  any associated costs under such actions, under s. 787.063.
   40         (6) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   41  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   42  terminated on July 1, 2021. Before its scheduled termination,
   43  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   44  and (2).
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   46  SB 972 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   47  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   48  thereof and becomes a law.
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   50  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   51  And the title is amended as follows:
   52         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   53  and insert:
   54                        A bill to be entitled                      
   55         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 787.0611,
   56         F.S.; creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human
   57         Trafficking and Prevention within the Department of
   58         Legal Affairs; providing the purposes of, and funding
   59         sources for, the trust fund; providing for
   60         administration of the fund by the Statewide Council on
   61         Human Trafficking; providing for future review and
   62         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
   63         providing a contingent effective date.