| 1 | 1 | | 85R31748 TSR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 666 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Miller) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 666: No. |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a sign required to be posted in the restrooms of |
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| 10 | 10 | | sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 102, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SUBCHAPTER C. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ON PREMISES OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED |
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| 15 | 15 | | BUSINESSES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 102.101. POSTING OF CERTAIN SIGN REQUIRED. (a) A |
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| 17 | 17 | | sexually oriented business shall post by the sink area in each |
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| 18 | 18 | | restroom on the premises one sign that directs a victim of human |
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| 19 | 19 | | trafficking to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource |
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| 20 | 20 | | Center. Except as provided by Subsection (c), the sign must be 11 |
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| 21 | 21 | | inches by 17 inches in size. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The attorney general by rule shall prescribe the design, |
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| 23 | 23 | | content, and manner of display of the sign required by this section. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The sign must: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) be in both English and Spanish; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) include the telephone number and Internet website |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) The attorney general by rule may require the sign to: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) be in an additional language other than English or |
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| 30 | 30 | | Spanish; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) be larger than 11 inches by 17 inches in size if |
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| 32 | 32 | | the attorney general determines that a larger sign is appropriate; |
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| 33 | 33 | | and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) include other information the attorney general |
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| 35 | 35 | | considers necessary and appropriate. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 102.102. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an |
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| 37 | 37 | | offense if the person: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) is an owner or operator of a sexually oriented |
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| 39 | 39 | | business; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) fails to post the sign required by Section 102.101 |
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| 41 | 41 | | in compliance with that section and rules adopted under that |
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| 42 | 42 | | section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. (a) The attorney general shall adopt rules to |
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| 45 | 45 | | implement Section 102.101, Business & Commerce Code, as added by |
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| 46 | 46 | | this Act, not later than September 1, 2018. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) Each sexually oriented business shall post the sign |
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| 48 | 48 | | required by Section 102.101, Business & Commerce Code, as added by |
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| 49 | 49 | | this Act, not later than March 1, 2019. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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| 51 | 51 | | this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) Section 102.102, Business & Commerce Code, as added by |
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| 53 | 53 | | this Act, takes effect March 1, 2019. |
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