Bill Text: MI HB4056 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Law enforcement; other; posting of signage produced by Michigan human trafficking task force on certain premises; require. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/23/2015 [HB4056 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4056-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4056

January 22, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Heise, Hughes, Sarah Roberts, Webber, Sheppard, Maturen, Santana, Iden, Hovey-Wright and Neeley and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to create the human trafficking notification act; to

 

require the posting of certain notices relating to human

 

trafficking; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state

 

and local departments and agencies; and to provide a remedy.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "human

 

trafficking notification act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Adult entertainment establishment" means either of the

 

following:

 

     (i) An on-premises licensee that hold a topless activity permit

 

described in section 916(3) of the Michigan liquor control code of

 

1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1916.

 

     (ii) Any other retail establishment that provides adult-

 

oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an

 

unclothed state for entertainment.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of licensing and

 

regulatory affairs.

 

     (c) "Human trafficking notice" means the notice described in

 

section 5.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The department of transportation shall post a

 

human trafficking notice on the premises of each rest stop and

 

welcome facility in this state in the manner described in this act

 

and as required by the department under this act.

 

     (2) Each local unit of government that operates a rest stop or

 

welcome facility shall post a human trafficking notice on the

 

premises of that rest stop or welcome facility in the manner

 

described in this act and as required by the department under this

 

act.

 

     (3) Each local unit of government that provides bus or rail

 

transportation services to the public shall post a human

 

trafficking notice on the premises of any facility that provides

 

those services in the manner described in this act and as required

 

by the department under this act.

 

     (4) Each of the following shall post a human trafficking

 

notice on its premises in the manner described in this act and as

 

required by the department under this act:

 

     (a) Any entity that owns property that has been found by a

 

court to constitute a public nuisance due to acts of prostitution

 

or human trafficking being conducted on the property or arising out

 

of the ownership or use of the property.

 

     (b) An adult entertainment establishment.

 

     (c) Any entity that sells gasoline or diesel fuel at retail.

 

     (d) Any entity that provides bus or rail transportation

 

services to the public.

 

     Sec. 4. The human trafficking notice required under this act

 

shall be posted prominently within each facility operated by an

 

entity described in section 3 that is open to use by the public and

 

at each public entrance to that facility.

 

     Sec. 5. A human trafficking notice must meet the following

 

requirements:

 

     (a) Be of a design and style to provide proper notice under

 

this act.

 

     (b) Be no smaller than 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches and contain

 

the following notice in boldfaced type of not less than a 14-point

 

font determined appropriate by the department:

 

"If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any

 

activity and cannot leave, whether it is commercial sex, housework,

 

farm work, or any other activity, please contact the National Human

 

Trafficking Resource Center hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text

 

233733 to access help and services. The victims of human

 

trafficking are protected under U.S. laws and the laws of this

 

state.".

 

     (c) Be of durable construction.

 

     (d) Be posted in the English and Spanish languages and in any

 

other language determined appropriate by the department. The

 

department may require the posting of other languages under this

 

subdivision in specified areas of this state due to the languages

 

used within those specified areas.

 

     Sec. 6. The department shall post on its departmental website

 

a sample of the notice described in section 5, which shall be

 

available for downloading for purposes of this act.

 

     Sec. 7. The department shall provide each entity described in

 

section 3 with written notice of the requirements of this act.

 

     Sec. 8. This act does not apply unless sufficient funds are

 

appropriated to the department to allow it to carry out the duties

 

required under this act.

 

     Sec. 9. If the department determines that an entity described

 

in section 3 has failed to comply with the notice requirements of

 

this act, the department shall notify the entity that it is in

 

violation of this act and provide the entity with 24 hours to come

 

into compliance with this act. If the entity fails to properly post

 

the human trafficking notice required under this act within the 24-

 

hour period described in this section, the entity is responsible

 

for a state civil violation and may be fined not more than

 

$1,000.00.

 

     Sec. 10. The department may promulgate rules to implement this

 

act.