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By: Parker, Meyer, Frullo |
H.B. No. 2290 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Huffman) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designating January as Human Trafficking Prevention |
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Month. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.107 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.107. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. |
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(a) January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month to increase |
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awareness of human trafficking in an effort to encourage people to |
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alert authorities to any suspected incidents involving human |
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trafficking. |
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(b) Human Trafficking Prevention Month may be regularly |
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observed through appropriate activities in public schools and other |
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places to increase awareness and prevention of human trafficking. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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