Bill Text: TX SB1219 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1219-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1219 | ||
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| relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 402.0351 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 402.0351. REQUIRED POSTING OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIGNS | ||
| AT CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION HUBS. (a) In this section, | ||
| "transportation hub" means a bus, bus stop, train, train station, | ||
| rest area, or airport. | ||
| (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; and | ||
| (2) the key indicators that a person is a victim of | ||
| human trafficking. | ||
| (c) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the | ||
| transportation hubs that are required to post a sign described by | ||
| Subsection (b). | ||
| (d) A person who operates a transportation hub that is | ||
| required to post a sign under Subsection (c) shall post a sign | ||
| described by Subsection (b) at the transportation hub. The | ||
| attorney general: | ||
| (1) by rule shall prescribe the manner the sign must be | ||
| displayed at the transportation hub and any exceptions to the sign | ||
| posting requirement under this section; and | ||
| (2) shall enforce this section. | ||
| (e) In adopting the rules under Subsection (b), the attorney | ||
| general shall consult with the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the attorney | ||
| general shall adopt the rules required by Section 402.0351, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
