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| 1 | AN ACT concerning human trafficking.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human | ||||||
| 5 | Trafficking Task Force Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Human Trafficking Task Force created.
There is | ||||||
| 7 | created the Human Trafficking Task Force to address the growing | ||||||
| 8 | problem of human trafficking across this State. The Human | ||||||
| 9 | Trafficking Task Force shall consist of the following persons: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) three members of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 11 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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| 12 | (2) three members of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 13 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 14 | Representatives;
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| 15 | (3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 16 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 17 | (4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 18 | Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
| 19 | (5) one representative of the Chicago Regional Human | ||||||
| 20 | Trafficking Task Force, appointed by the Governor; and | ||||||
| 21 | (6) the Director of the Department of State Police, or | ||||||
| 22 | his or her designee. | ||||||
| 23 | Members of the Human Trafficking Task Force shall serve | ||||||
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| 1 | without compensation. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 10. Administrative support. The Department of | ||||||
| 3 | Children and Family Services shall provide administrative and | ||||||
| 4 | other support to the Human Trafficking Task Force. | ||||||
| 5 | Section 15. Duties of Human Trafficking Task Force. The | ||||||
| 6 | Human Trafficking Task Force shall conduct a study on the human | ||||||
| 7 | trafficking problem in this State and shall hold hearings in | ||||||
| 8 | furtherance of: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) developing a State plan to address human | ||||||
| 10 | trafficking;
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| 11 | (2) implementing a system for the sharing of human | ||||||
| 12 | trafficking data between government agencies in a manner | ||||||
| 13 | that ensures that the privacy of victims of human | ||||||
| 14 | trafficking is protected and that data collection respects | ||||||
| 15 | the privacy of victims of human trafficking;
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| 16 | (3) establishing policies to enable State government | ||||||
| 17 | to work with nongovernmental organizations and other | ||||||
| 18 | elements of the private sector to prevent human trafficking | ||||||
| 19 | and provide assistance to victims of human trafficking who | ||||||
| 20 | are United States citizens or foreign nationals;
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| 21 | (4) evaluating various approaches used by state and | ||||||
| 22 | local governments to increase public awareness of human | ||||||
| 23 | trafficking, including trafficking of United States | ||||||
| 24 | citizens and foreign national victims;
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| 1 | (5) developing methods for protecting the rights of | ||||||
| 2 | victims of human trafficking, taking into account the need | ||||||
| 3 | to consider the human rights and special needs of women and | ||||||
| 4 | minors; | ||||||
| 5 | (6) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of | ||||||
| 6 | human trafficking as crime victims rather than criminals; | ||||||
| 7 | and | ||||||
| 8 | (7) developing methods for promoting the safety of | ||||||
| 9 | victims of human trafficking.
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| 10 | Section 20. Report. On or before June 30, 2017, the Human | ||||||
| 11 | Trafficking Task Force shall report its findings and | ||||||
| 12 | recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of | ||||||
| 13 | its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | ||||||
| 14 | Organization Act, and to the Governor. | ||||||
| 15 | Section 25. Task force abolished; Act repealed. The Human | ||||||
| 16 | Trafficking Task Force is abolished and this Act is repealed on | ||||||
| 17 | July 1, 2017.
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 19 | becoming law.
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