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Full Text of HB2556  99th General Assembly

HB2556 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2556

 

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act. Provides that specified businesses and establishments shall post in a conspicuous place a notice informing the public of the availability of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Contains provisions regarding the form and substance of the notice. Directs the Department of Human Services to develop and post on its website a model notice. Provides that a business or establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of the Act is liable for a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning human trafficking.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human
5Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act.
 
6    Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following
7businesses and other establishments shall, upon the
8availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of
9this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of
10this Act in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of the
11establishment or in another conspicuous location in clear view
12of the public and employees where similar notices are
13customarily posted:
14        (1) On premise consumption retailer licensees under
15    the Liquor Control Act of 1934 where the sale of alcoholic
16    liquor is the principal business carried on by the licensee
17    at the premises and primary to the sale of food.
18        (2) Adult entertainment facilities, as defined in
19    Section 5-1097.5 of the of the Counties Code.
20        (3) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16)
21    of Title 49 of the United States Code.
22        (4) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations.
23        (5) Bus stations.

 

 

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1        (6) Truck stops. For purposes of this Act, "truck stop"
2    means a privately-owned and operated facility that
3    provides food, fuel, shower or other sanitary facilities,
4    and lawful overnight truck parking.
5        (7) Emergency rooms within general acute care
6    hospitals.
7        (8) Urgent care centers.
8        (9) Farm labor contractors.
9        (10) Privately-operated job recruitment centers.
10        (11) Roadside rest areas.
11        (12) Businesses or establishments that offer massage
12    or bodywork services for compensation.
 
13    Section 10. Form of posted notice.
14    (a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8
151/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font,
16and shall state the following:
 
17"If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any
18activity and cannot leave, whether it is commercial sex,
19housework, farm work, construction, factory, retail, or
20restaurant work, or any other activity, call the National Human
21Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 to access help
22and services.
 
23Victims of slavery and human trafficking are protected under

 

 

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1United States and Illinois law. The hotline is:
2        * Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
3        * Toll-free.
4        * Operated by nonprofit nongovernmental organizations.
5        * Anonymous and confidential.
6        * Accessible in more than 160 languages.
7        * Able to provide help, referral to services, training,
8    and general information.".
9    (c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and in
10one other language that is the most widely spoken language in
11the county where the establishment is located and for which
12translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as
13applicable. This subsection does not require a business or
14other establishment in a county where a language other than
15English or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print
16the notice in more than one language in addition to English and
17Spanish.
 
18    Section 15. Model notice. No later than 6 months after the
19effective date of this Act, the Department of Human Services
20shall develop a model notice that complies with the
21requirements of this Act and make the model notice available
22for download on the Department's Internet website.
 
23    Section 20. Penalties. A business or establishment that
24fails to comply with the requirements of this Act is liable for

 

 

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1a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each
2subsequent offense. The State's Attorney or the Attorney
3General may bring an action to impose a civil penalty pursuant
4to this Section against a business or establishment if a local
5or State agency with authority to regulate that business or
6establishment has satisfied both of the following:
7        (1) provided the business or establishment with
8    reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the
9    business or establishment that it is subject to a civil
10    penalty if it does not correct the violation within 30 days
11    from the date the notice is sent to the business or
12    establishment; and
13        (2) verified that the violation was not corrected
14    within the 30-day period described in paragraph (1).