Full Text of HB4350 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4350
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4350 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child | 5 | | Abuse Notice Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following | 7 | | businesses and other establishments shall, upon the | 8 | | availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post | 9 | | a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a | 10 | | conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in | 11 | | another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and | 12 | | employees where similar notices are customarily posted: | 13 | | (1) Hotels and motels. | 14 | | (2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities | 15 | | that are indoor structures with a legal occupancy of at | 16 | | least 5,000 persons. |
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| 1 | | (3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments. | 2 | | (4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) | 3 | | of Title 49 of the United States Code. | 4 | | (5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. | 5 | | (6) Bus stations. | 6 | | (7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop" | 7 | | means a privately-owned and operated facility that | 8 | | provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities, | 9 | | and lawful overnight truck parking. | 10 | | (8) Emergency rooms within general acute care | 11 | | hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by | 12 | | electronic means. | 13 | | (9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may | 14 | | be posted by electronic means. | 15 | | Section 10. Form of posted notice. | 16 | | (a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8 | 17 | | 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font, | 18 | | except that when the notice is provided by electronic means | 19 | | the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply | 20 | | with these specifications. | 21 | | (b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this | 22 | | Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in | 23 | | consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, | 24 | | shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18 | 25 | | that provides information on what constitutes physical and |
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| 1 | | sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of | 2 | | Children and Family Services shall make the model notice | 3 | | available for download on the Department's Internet website. | 4 | | (c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and | 5 | | in one other language that is the most widely spoken language | 6 | | in the county where the establishment is located and for which | 7 | | translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as | 8 | | applicable. This Section does not require a business or other | 9 | | establishment in a county where a language other than English | 10 | | or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the | 11 | | notice in more than one language in addition to English and | 12 | | Spanish. | 13 | | Section 15. Penalties. | 14 | | (a) A business or establishment identified in Section 5 | 15 | | that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act within | 16 | | 30 days of receipt of a notice described in subsection (b) is | 17 | | guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a fine of up to $500 | 18 | | for each violation. | 19 | | (b) The governmental entity regulating a business or | 20 | | establishment and local law enforcement agency having | 21 | | jurisdiction shall, in the course of regulating a business or | 22 | | establishment or carrying out law enforcement duties, monitor | 23 | | and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon discovering a | 24 | | violation, the governmental entity or local law enforcement | 25 | | agency having jurisdiction shall provide the business or |
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| 1 | | establishment with reasonable notice of noncompliance that | 2 | | informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a | 3 | | fine if it does not correct the violation within 30 days from | 4 | | the date the notice is sent to the business or establishment. | 5 | | (c) If the governmental entity regulating a business or | 6 | | establishment or local law enforcement agency having | 7 | | jurisdiction verifies that the violation was not corrected | 8 | | within the 30-day period described in subsection (b), the | 9 | | Attorney General or State's Attorney may prosecute a violation | 10 | | of this Section.". |
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