STATE OF NEW YORK
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2636--B
Cal. No. 120
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, HEASTIE, JAFFEE, TITONE, BENEDETTO,
SKOUFIS, McDONALD, ROSENTHAL, BLAKE, QUART, ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES,
LINARES, BICHOTTE, BARRETT, COLTON, SIMON, DINOWITZ, ABBATE, GUNTHER,
SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, JOYNER, WALKER, COOK, GALEF, PICHARDO, MOYA, HUNT-
ER, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, MAGEE, MARKEY,
THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- advanced to a third read-
ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order
of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of a
human trafficking hotline
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 75 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 75. Human trafficking hotline. 1. The attorney general shall estab-
4 lish and maintain, within funds available, a twenty-four hour toll-free
5 statewide hotline number for use in the investigation and prevention of
6 human trafficking.
7 2. The attorney general shall refer relevant information obtained
8 through the statewide hotline to the appropriate district attorney's
9 office with jurisdiction in the matter.
10 3. The department of law shall promulgate rules and regulations and
11 take other actions necessary for the effective implementation of this
12 section, including but not limited to, providing for the privacy and
13 safety of victims of human trafficking.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
16 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
17 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
18 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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