| 1 | 1 | | 88R10601 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paxton, Parker S.B. No. 1369 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 | | relating to training materials for certain transportation network |
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| 8 | 8 | | company drivers regarding human trafficking awareness and |
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| 9 | 9 | | prevention. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 2402.1075 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 2402.1075. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED. (a) A transportation network company |
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| 15 | 15 | | shall annually provide to each driver who is authorized to log in to |
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| 16 | 16 | | the company's digital network human trafficking awareness and |
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| 17 | 17 | | prevention training materials. The training materials must: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) be provided in a digital video format or |
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| 19 | 19 | | Internet-based video format; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) be not less than 15 minutes in duration; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) be approved by the attorney general; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) be provided in English and Spanish; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) be provided to a new driver before the driver is |
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| 24 | 24 | | authorized to provide prearranged rides using the company's digital |
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| 25 | 25 | | network; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) include: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) an overview of human trafficking, including a |
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| 28 | 28 | | description of: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (i) the experience of human trafficking |
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| 30 | 30 | | victims; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (ii) how and why human trafficking takes |
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| 32 | 32 | | place in the transportation industry; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (iii) how human trafficking is defined |
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| 34 | 34 | | under state and federal law; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) guidance on how to identify individuals who |
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| 36 | 36 | | are most at risk for human trafficking; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) information on the difference between labor |
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| 38 | 38 | | and sex trafficking as that relates to identification of human |
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| 39 | 39 | | trafficking in the transportation industry; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) guidance on the role of a driver in reporting |
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| 41 | 41 | | and responding to human trafficking; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) the contact information of appropriate |
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| 43 | 43 | | entities for reporting human trafficking, including: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (i) the National Human Trafficking Hotline |
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| 45 | 45 | | toll-free telephone number and text line; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (ii) appropriate law enforcement agencies; |
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| 47 | 47 | | and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (iii) a telephone number designated by the |
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| 49 | 49 | | attorney general for reporting suspected human trafficking. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) A transportation network company shall maintain records |
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| 51 | 51 | | necessary to establish that the company has provided the training |
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| 52 | 52 | | materials required by this section. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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