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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Trust Fund for Victims of Human 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Trafficking; creating s. 787.063, F.S.; specifying the 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | authorized uses of funds from the Trust Fund for 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Victims of Human Trafficking; providing a contingent 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Section 787.063, Florida Statutes, is created 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 787.063 Authorized uses of the Trust Fund for Victi ms of 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Human Trafficking.—Funds from the Trust Fund for Victims of 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Human Trafficking, created under s. 787.062, may be used for at 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | least all of the following purposes: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) Educating the public about the recruitment, 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | trafficking, and exploitation of person s through human 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | trafficking. 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) Assisting in the prevention of recruitment in Florida 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | schools of minors for exploitation. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) Establishing a survivors' resource center to make 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | available to survivors of human trafficking information about 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | services and resources, including legal services, social 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | services, safe harbors, safe houses, and language services. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) Assisting in the coordination between law enforcement 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | agencies and service providers. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (5) Providing information concerning a petition for 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | expunction of a criminal history record resulting from the 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | arrest or filing of charges for an offense committed or reported 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to have been committed while the person was a victim of human 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | trafficking which is filed pursuant to s. 943.0583. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (6) Providing financia l assistance for the cost of 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | expunction of a criminal history record as provided in 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | subsection (5). 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (7) Providing financial assistance for the cost of legal 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | services to defend against criminal charges resulting from the 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | arrest or filing of charges for an offense committed or reported 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | to have been committed while the person was a victim of human 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | trafficking. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | that HB 647 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | legislation is adopted in the sa me legislative session or an 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | extension thereof and becomes a law. 43 |
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