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Public Act 0864 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 099-0864

HB2822 Enrolled LRB099 07143 HEP 27230 b

    AN ACT concerning human trafficking.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human
Trafficking Task Force Act.

    Section 5. Human Trafficking Task Force created.There is
created the Human Trafficking Task Force to address the growing
problem of human trafficking across this State. The Human
Trafficking Task Force shall consist of the following persons:
        (1) three members of the House of Representatives,
    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (2) three members of the House of Representatives,
    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
    Representatives;
        (3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
    President of the Senate;
        (4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
    Minority Leader of the Senate;
        (5) one representative of the Chicago Regional Human
    Trafficking Task Force, appointed by the Governor; and
        (6) the Director of the Department of State Police, or
    his or her designee.
    Members of the Human Trafficking Task Force shall serve
without compensation.

    Section 10. Administrative support. The Department of
Children and Family Services shall provide administrative and
other support to the Human Trafficking Task Force.

    Section 15. Duties of Human Trafficking Task Force. The
Human Trafficking Task Force shall conduct a study on the human
trafficking problem in this State and shall hold hearings in
furtherance of:
        (1) developing a State plan to address human
    trafficking;
        (2) implementing a system for the sharing of human
    trafficking data between government agencies in a manner
    that ensures that the privacy of victims of human
    trafficking is protected and that data collection respects
    the privacy of victims of human trafficking;
        (3) establishing policies to enable State government
    to work with nongovernmental organizations and other
    elements of the private sector to prevent human trafficking
    and provide assistance to victims of human trafficking who
    are United States citizens or foreign nationals;
        (4) evaluating various approaches used by state and
    local governments to increase public awareness of human
    trafficking, including trafficking of United States
    citizens and foreign national victims;
        (5) developing methods for protecting the rights of
    victims of human trafficking, taking into account the need
    to consider the human rights and special needs of women and
    minors;
        (6) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of
    human trafficking as crime victims rather than criminals;
    and
        (7) developing methods for promoting the safety of
    victims of human trafficking.

    Section 20. Report. On or before June 30, 2017, the Human
Trafficking Task Force shall report its findings and
recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of
its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
Organization Act, and to the Governor.

    Section 25. Task force abolished; Act repealed. The Human
Trafficking Task Force is abolished and this Act is repealed on
July 1, 2017.

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 08/22/2016

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