85R5563 TSR-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 666
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to signs required to be posted in the restrooms of sexually
oriented businesses; providing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 102, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ON PREMISES OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED
BUSINESSES
Sec. 102.101. POSTING OF CERTAIN SIGNS REQUIRED. (a) A
sexually oriented business shall post in each toilet stall of each
restroom on the premises a sign that directs a victim of human
trafficking to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource
Center. If a restroom does not have a toilet stall, the business
shall post the sign in a conspicuous location in the restroom.
(b) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the design,
content, and manner of display of a sign required under this
section. The sign must:
(1) be in both English and Spanish; and
(2) include the telephone number and Internet website
of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
(c) The attorney general by rule may require the sign to:
(1) be in an additional language other than English or
Spanish; and
(2) include other information the attorney general
considers necessary and appropriate.
Sec. 102.102. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an
offense if the person:
(1) is an owner or operator of a sexually oriented
business; and
(2) fails to post the sign required by Section 102.101
in compliance with that section and rules adopted under that
section.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the
person has previously been convicted of an offense under this
section, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. (a) The attorney general shall adopt rules to
implement Section 102.101, Business & Commerce Code, as added by
this Act, not later than September 1, 2018.
(b) Each sexually oriented business shall post the sign
required by Section 102.101, Business & Commerce Code, as added by
this Act, not later than March 1, 2019.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
(b) Section 102.102, Business & Commerce Code, as added by
this Act, takes effect March 1, 2019.