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CHAPTER 630 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-11.3, relating to human trafficking hotline; posted notices. [H 1200] Approved April 5, 2012

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 40.1 a section numbered 40.1-11.3 as follows:

§ 40.1-11.3. Human trafficking hotline; posted notice required; civil penalty.

A. Any employer who (i) operates a business that provides entertainment commonly called stripteasing or topless entertaining or entertainment that has employees who are not clad above or below the waist and (ii) fails to post notice of the existence of a human trafficking hotline to alert potential human trafficking victims of the availability of assistance, is subject to a civil penalty of $500 payable to the Literary Fund. The notice required by this section shall be posted in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted.

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to businesses providing entertainment in theaters, concert halls, art centers, museums, or similar establishments that are devoted primarily to the arts or theatrical performances, when the performances that are presented are expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value.

B. The Department shall (i) determine the content of the notice which shall include the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline, (ii) the size of the notice, (iii) determine the languages in which the notice is to be posted, and (iv) publish the notice size and notice languages, and make the notice available in each of those languages, on the website of the Department and by any other means of publication the Department deems appropriate. The Department is not otherwise required to produce or distribute the notice.