HOUSE BILL No. 6163

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Geiss, Sabo, Cochran, Chang, Guerra, Lasinski, Brinks, Greig, Love, Green, Pagan, Yancey, Gay-Dagnogo, Wittenberg, Rabhi and Jones and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 62, entitled

 

"Human trafficking notification act,"

 

by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 (MCL 752.1032,

 

752.1033, 752.1034, 752.1035, 752.1036, 752.1037, and 752.1039) and

 

by adding section 3a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

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

 

following:

 

     (i) An adult entertainment establishment that holds a topless

 

activity permit under 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) "Hotel" means a building or structure kept, used,

 

maintained as, or held out to the public to be an inn, hotel, or

 

public lodging house.

 

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

 

in section 5.5(1).

 

     (e) "Public school" means that term as defined in section 5 of

 

the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5. Public school

 

includes a public school academy as that term is defined in section

 

5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.

 

     (f) "Workplace human trafficking notice" means the notice

 

described in section 5(2).

 

     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, or authority allowed by

 

law, that provides bus or rail transportation services to the

 

public shall post a human trafficking notice on the premises of any

 

station 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) Public airports.A public airport.

 

     Sec. 3a. (1) Hotels and public schools operating in this state

 

shall post workplace human trafficking notices on hotel and public

 

school premises in the manner described in this section and as

 

required by the department under this act.

 

     (2) A hotel and a public school shall post a workplace human

 

trafficking notice in areas designated as accessible to employees

 

of the hotel or public school only. The notice required under this

 

section must provide hotel employees and public school employees

 

with the following information:

 

     (a) Circumstances that may indicate that an individual,

 

including a hotel guest, employee of the hotel, public school

 

student, or public school employee is involved in or is the victim

 

of human trafficking.

 

     (b) Information on the appropriate manner in which to alert a

 

law enforcement agency or other authority regarding potential human

 

trafficking activities.

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The human trafficking notice required under this


act shall section 3 must be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly

 

visible to the public and employees within each facility operated

 

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

 

public.

 

     (2) The workplace human trafficking notice required under

 

section 3a must be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible

 

to the employees within a facility described in section 3a.

 

     Sec. 5. (1) A human trafficking notice required to be posted

 

under this act shall section 3 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 the activity 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 National Human

 

Trafficking Resource center hotline is available to receive phone

 

calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 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 in


consultation with the attorney general. 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.

 

     (2) A workplace human trafficking notice required to be posted

 

under section 3a must meet the following requirements:

 

     (a) Satisfy all of the requirements listed under subsection

 

(1).

 

     (b) Provide a listing of circumstances or factors, as

 

determined by the department, that may indicate that an individual,

 

including a hotel guest, employee of the hotel, public school

 

student, or public school employee is involved in or the victim of

 

human trafficking, including human trafficking related to labor and

 

human trafficking related to sex.

 

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

 

a sample of the notice human trafficking notice and the workplace

 

human trafficking notice described in section 5. , which shall The

 

notices described in section 5 must be available for downloading

 

for purposes of this act.

 

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

 

section 3 or 3a with written notice of the requirements of this

 

act.

 

     Sec. 9. (1) If the department determines that an entity

 

described in section 3 or 3a 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 48

 

hours to come into compliance with this act.


     (2) If the entity under subsection (1) is subsequently

 

notified a second time of a failure to comply with the requirements

 

of this act within 1 year of the previous notification, the entity

 

may be fined is subject to a civil fine of not more than $250.00.

 

If the same entity is notified a third time of a failure to comply

 

with the requirements of this act within 1 year of the previous 2

 

notifications, the entity may be fined is subject to a civil fine

 

of not more than $500.00.

 

     (3) A fine collected under this section must be deposited in

 

the human trafficking victim assistance fund created in section 3

 

of the human trafficking victim assistance fund act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6156 (request no.

 

01481'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.