Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 970
       
       
        
       By Senator Bracy
       
       
       
       
       
       11-01653-17                                            2017970__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 787.062,
    3         F.S.; creating the Florida Compensation Trust Fund for
    4         Survivors of Human Trafficking within the Department
    5         of Law Enforcement; providing the purpose of the trust
    6         fund and sources of funds; providing for future review
    7         and termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
    8         providing a contingent effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 787.062, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         787.062 The Florida Compensation Trust Fund for Survivors
   15  of Human Trafficking.—
   16         (1) The Florida Compensation Trust Fund for Survivors of
   17  Human Trafficking is created within the Department of Law
   18  Enforcement.
   19         (2) The trust fund is established to receive and administer
   20  funds from civil actions brought on behalf of the trust fund,
   21  including, but not limited to, money from seizures of personal
   22  and real property, penalties imposed by the courts, or funds
   23  received from any other public or private sources or from the
   24  Legislature. The trust fund’s purpose is to administer claims
   25  for compensation for survivors of human trafficking and to
   26  create a public-private partnership by establishing a not-for
   27  profit foundation for receipt of charitable contributions to
   28  carry out the foundation’s purposes, including, but not limited
   29  to:
   30         (a) Educating the public about the recruitment,
   31  trafficking, and exploitation of persons in connection with
   32  human trafficking;
   33         (b) Assisting in the prevention of recruitment of minors in
   34  Florida schools for exploitation;
   35         (c) Establishment of a survivor’s resource center for legal
   36  services, social services, safe harbors, safe houses, and
   37  language services that are available to survivors of human
   38  trafficking;
   39         (d) Advertising the National Human Trafficking Resource
   40  Center hotline number and the BeFree Textline in diverse venues;
   41         (e) Assisting in the coordination between law enforcement
   42  and service providers; and
   43         (f) Assisting in vacating any convictions of minors who
   44  were victims of human trafficking.
   45         (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   46  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   47  terminated on July 1, 2021. Before its scheduled termination,
   48  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   49  and (2).
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017, if SB
   51  ____ or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative
   52  session, or an extension thereof, and becomes law.