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HB 649 2023
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Trust Fund for Victims of Human
3 Trafficking; creating s. 787.063, F.S.; specifying the
4 authorized uses of funds from the Trust Fund for
5 Victims of Human Trafficking; providing a contingent
6 effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Section 787.063, Florida Statutes, is created
11 to read:
12 787.063 Authorized uses of the Trust Fund for Victims of
13 Human Trafficking.—Funds from the Trust Fund for Victims of
14 Human Trafficking, created under s. 787.062, may be used for at
15 least all of the following purposes:
16 (1) Educating the public about the recruitment,
17 trafficking, and exploitation of persons through human
18 trafficking.
19 (2) Assisting in the prevention of recruitment in Florida
20 schools of minors for exploitation.
21 (3) Establishing a survivors' resource center to make
22 available to survivors of human trafficking information about
23 services and resources, including legal services, social
24 services, safe harbors, safe houses, and language services.
25 (4) Assisting in the coordination between law enforcement
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26 agencies and service providers.
27 (5) Providing information concerning a petition for
28 expunction of a criminal history record resulting from the
29 arrest or filing of charges for an offense committed or reported
30 to have been committed while the person was a victim of human
31 trafficking which is filed pursuant to s. 943.0583.
32 (6) Providing financial assistance for the cost of
33 expunction of a criminal history record as provided in
34 subsection (5).
35 (7) Providing financial assistance for the cost of legal
36 services to defend against criminal charges resulting from the
37 arrest or filing of charges for an offense committed or reported
38 to have been committed while the person was a victim of human
39 trafficking.
40 Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date
41 that HB 647 or similar legislation takes effect, if such
42 legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
43 extension thereof and becomes a law.
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