| 1 | 1 | | 24 LC 48 1161 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Bill 514 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Still of the 48th, Kennedy of the 18th, Gooch of the 51st, Esteves of the 6th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Dolezal of the 27th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | To amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1 |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to provide for a2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | required human trafficking training program for hotels; to provide for definitions; to provide3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | for retraining; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other4 |
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| 12 | 12 | | purposes.5 |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to8 |
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| 16 | 16 | | kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, is amended by adding a new Code9 |
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| 17 | 17 | | section to read as follows:10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | "16-5-48. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) As used in this Code section, the term:12 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) 'Employee' means any person employed by a hotel that:13 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) Has frequent or regular interactions with guests, such as front desk staff, hotel14 |
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| 23 | 23 | | porters, hotel concierges, restaurant waiting and bartending staff, room service staff,15 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and temporary employees;16 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) Is in a management position; or17 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) Has access to the guests' rooms, including housekeeping staff.18 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) 'Hotel' shall have the same meaning as defined in Code Section 16-5-47.19 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) Every hotel proprietor shall require its employees to complete a training course on20 |
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| 31 | 31 | | recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. Such training course21 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall be an online course provided by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council at no cost22 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to the hotel proprietor nor employees or an alternative online or in-person training course23 |
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| 34 | 34 | | approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The Criminal Justice Coordinating24 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Council shall approve or deny the use of any alternative online or in-person training course25 |
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| 36 | 36 | | within 60 days of the submission of such training course for approval.26 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) Each hotel employee shall complete the required training course described in27 |
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| 38 | 38 | | subsection (b) of this Code section within six months of being employed by a hotel and28 |
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| 39 | 39 | | thereafter at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years, commencing29 |
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| 40 | 40 | | with the date on which he or she last completed the required training course, for as long as30 |
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| 41 | 41 | | he or she is employed by a hotel."31 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2.32 |
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| 43 | 43 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.33 |
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| 44 | 44 | | S. B. 514 |
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