Bill Text: NY A02636 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of a human trafficking hotline for use in the investigation and prevention of human trafficking.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-05 - amended on third reading 2636b [A02636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02636-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2636--B
                                                                Cal. No. 120
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,  HEASTIE, JAFFEE, TITONE, BENEDETTO,
          SKOUFIS, McDONALD, ROSENTHAL,  BLAKE,  QUART,  ORTIZ,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          LINARES,  BICHOTTE, BARRETT, COLTON, SIMON, DINOWITZ, ABBATE, GUNTHER,
          SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, JOYNER, WALKER, COOK, GALEF, PICHARDO, MOYA,  HUNT-
          ER,  MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, MAGEE, MARKEY,
          THIELE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
          Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee -- advanced to a third read-
          ing,  amended  and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order
          of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of a
          human trafficking hotline
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 75 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 75. Human trafficking hotline. 1. The attorney general shall  estab-
     4  lish  and maintain, within funds available, a twenty-four hour toll-free
     5  statewide hotline number for use in the investigation and prevention  of
     6  human trafficking.
     7    2.  The  attorney  general  shall  refer relevant information obtained
     8  through the statewide hotline to  the  appropriate  district  attorney's
     9  office with jurisdiction in the matter.
    10    3.  The  department  of law shall promulgate rules and regulations and
    11  take other actions necessary for the effective  implementation  of  this
    12  section,  including  but  not  limited to, providing for the privacy and
    13  safety of victims of human trafficking.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    16  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    17  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    18  completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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