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                                  8154

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  certain  establishments to display a poster with information regarding
  the national human trafficking resource center hotline

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
483-ff to read as follows:
  S 483-FF. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE;  POSTING
REQUIREMENT;  PENALTY.  (A) AN ESTABLISHMENT SHALL POST IN A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE NEAR THE ESTABLISHMENT'S PRIMARY PUBLIC ENTRANCE OR  ANOTHER  AREA
WHERE  POSTERS AND NOTICES ARE CUSTOMARILY POSTED ON THE PREMISES OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT, A POSTER NO SMALLER THAN EIGHT  AND  ONE-HALF  INCHES  BY
ELEVEN INCHES IN SIZE THAT STATES THE FOLLOWING:
  "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  SIMILAR  ACTIVITY  - CALL THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE AT 1-888-373-7888 TO ACCESS HELP AND SERVICES.
  VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE PROTECTED UNDER UNITED STATES AND NEW
YORK STATE LAW.
  THE HOTLINE IS:
  (1) AVAILABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK;
  (2) TOLL FREE;
  (3) OPERATED BY A NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;
  (4) ANONYMOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL;
  (5) ACCESSIBLE IN ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY LANGUAGES; AND
  (6) ABLE TO PROVIDE HELP, REFERRAL TO SERVICES, TRAINING, AND  GENERAL
INFORMATION."
  (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL MEAN:
  (1) A HIGHWAY REST STOP;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10582-02-3
              

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  (2) A BUS STATION;
  (3) A TRUCK STOP;
  (4) AN AIRPORT;
  (5) ADULT OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES; AND
  (6) EMERGENCY ROOMS AND EMERGENCY CARE CENTERS.
  (C)  A  POSTER REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND SUCH OTHER LANGUAGES AS THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE.
  (D)  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE  POSTER  REQUIRED  BY
SUBDIVISION  (A) OF THIS SECTION THAT MAY BE USED BY AN ESTABLISHMENT TO
PRINT SUCH POSTER.   SUCH ELECTRONIC VERSION OF  SUCH  POSTER  SHALL  BE
AVAILABLE  FOR  PRINTING  IN  ENGLISH  AND  SUCH OTHER LANGUAGES AS SUCH
OFFICE SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE.
  (E) ANY ESTABLISHMENT OR ANY AGENCY, EMPLOYEE, OR REPRESENTATIVE THER-
EOF WHO WILFULLY AND KNOWINGLY FAILS, NEGLECTS, OR  REFUSES  TO  PERFORM
ANY  ACT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF
NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH SEPARATE  OFFENSE.  EACH  DAY
THE VIOLATION CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.