Bill Text: TX HB3721 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of information for reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety on certain human trafficking signs or notices.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3721-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of information for reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety on certain human trafficking signs or notices.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3721-Introduced.html
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By: Ellzey | H.B. No. 3721 |
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relating to the inclusion of information for reporting suspicious | ||
activity to the Department of Public Safety on certain human | ||
trafficking signs or notices. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 104.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the notice required under Subsection | ||
(a), the sign must include the contact information for reporting | ||
suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 102.101(b), Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the design, | ||
content, and manner of display of the sign required by this | ||
section. The sign must: | ||
(1) be in both English and Spanish; [ |
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(2) include the telephone number and Internet website | ||
of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center; and | ||
(3) include the contact information for reporting | ||
suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 125.002(f-1), Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(f-1) If the defendant required to execute the bond is a | ||
hotel, motel, or similar establishment that rents overnight lodging | ||
to the public and the alleged common nuisance is under Section | ||
125.0015(a)(6) or (7), the bond must also be conditioned that the | ||
defendant will, in each of the defendant's lodging units on the | ||
premises that are the subject of the suit, post in a conspicuous | ||
place near the room rate information required to be posted under | ||
Section 2155.001, Occupations Code, a sign that includes: | ||
(1) an operating toll-free telephone number of a | ||
nationally recognized information and referral hotline for victims | ||
of human trafficking; and | ||
(2) the contact information for reporting suspicious | ||
activity to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 402.0351(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the design | ||
and content of a sign regarding services and assistance available | ||
to victims of human trafficking to be displayed at transportation | ||
hubs. The sign must be in both English and Spanish and include: | ||
(1) the telephone number and Internet website of the | ||
National Human Trafficking Resource Center; [ |
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(2) the contact information for reporting suspicious | ||
activity to the Department of Public Safety; and | ||
(3) the key indicators that a person is a victim of | ||
human trafficking. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 245.025, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the information required under | ||
Subsection (a), the sign must include the contact information for | ||
reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 455.207(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The sign required by this section must: | ||
(1) be in English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, and any | ||
other language required by commission rule; | ||
(2) include a toll-free telephone number of a | ||
nationally recognized information and referral hotline for victims | ||
of human trafficking; [ |
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(3) include the contact information for reporting | ||
suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety; and | ||
(4) be displayed in a conspicuous place clearly | ||
visible to the public. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 1602.408(c), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The sign required by this section must be in English, | ||
Spanish, and Vietnamese and include: | ||
(1) a toll-free telephone number of a nationally | ||
recognized information and referral hotline for victims of human | ||
trafficking; and | ||
(2) the contact information for reporting suspicious | ||
activity to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 8. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Alcoholic Beverage Commission shall, in collaboration with the | ||
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, develop guidance | ||
for compliance with and notify affected license and permit holders | ||
of the change in law made by this Act to Section 104.07, Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code. | ||
SECTION 9. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the | ||
attorney general shall, in collaboration with the Department of | ||
Public Safety of the State of Texas, adopt the rules necessary to | ||
implement the changes in law made by this Act to Section 102.101, | ||
Business & Commerce Code, and Section 402.0351, Government Code. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022: | ||
(1) a sexually oriented business shall comply with | ||
Section 102.101, Business & Commerce Code, as amended by this Act; | ||
and | ||
(2) a transportation hub shall comply with Section | ||
402.0351, Government Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 10. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
125.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies only to a suit | ||
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 11. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
shall, in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety of the | ||
State of Texas, adopt the rules necessary to implement the change in | ||
law made by this Act to Section 245.025, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, a hospital or abortion | ||
facility shall comply with Section 245.025, Health and Safety Code, | ||
as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 12. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall, in collaboration with | ||
the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, adopt the | ||
rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to | ||
Sections 455.207 and 1602.408, Occupations Code. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022: | ||
(1) a massage establishment or massage school shall | ||
comply with Section 455.207, Occupations Code, as amended by this | ||
Act; and | ||
(2) a licensed facility as defined by Section | ||
1602.408(a), Occupations Code, shall comply with Section 1602.408, | ||
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |