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Public Act 100-0671 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning human rights.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act | ||||
is amended by changing Sections 5, 15, and 20 as follows: | ||||
(775 ILCS 50/5) | ||||
Sec. 5. Posted notice required. | ||||
(a) Each of the following businesses and other | ||||
establishments shall, upon the availability of the model notice | ||||
described in Section 15 of this Act, post a notice that | ||||
complies with the requirements of this Act in a conspicuous | ||||
place near the public entrance of the establishment or in | ||||
another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and | ||||
employees where similar notices are customarily posted: | ||||
(1) On premise consumption retailer licensees under | ||||
the Liquor Control Act of 1934 where the sale of alcoholic | ||||
liquor is the principal
business carried on by the licensee | ||||
at the premises and primary to the
sale of food. | ||||
(2) Adult entertainment facilities, as defined in | ||||
Section 5-1097.5 of the Counties Code. | ||||
(3) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) | ||||
of Title 49 of the United States Code. | ||||
(4) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. |
(5) Bus stations. | ||
(6) Truck stops. For purposes of this Act, "truck stop" | ||
means a privately-owned and operated facility that | ||
provides food, fuel, shower or other sanitary facilities, | ||
and lawful overnight truck parking. | ||
(7) Emergency rooms within general acute care | ||
hospitals. | ||
(8) Urgent care centers. | ||
(9) Farm labor contractors. For purposes of this Act, | ||
"farm labor contractor" means: (i) any person who for a fee | ||
or other valuable consideration recruits, supplies, or | ||
hires, or transports in connection therewith, into or | ||
within the State, any farmworker not of the contractor's | ||
immediate family to work for, or under the direction, | ||
supervision, or control of, a third person; or (ii) any | ||
person who for a fee or other valuable consideration | ||
recruits, supplies, or hires, or transports in connection | ||
therewith, into or within the State, any farmworker not of | ||
the contractor's immediate family, and who for a fee or | ||
other valuable consideration directs, supervises, or | ||
controls all or any part of the work of the farmworker or | ||
who disburses wages to the farmworker. However, "farm labor | ||
contractor" does not include full-time regular employees | ||
of food processing companies when the employees are engaged | ||
in recruiting for the companies if those employees are not | ||
compensated according to the number of farmworkers they |
recruit. | ||
(10) Privately-operated job recruitment centers. | ||
(11) Massage establishments. As used in this Act, | ||
"massage establishment" means a place of business in which | ||
any method of massage therapy is administered or practiced | ||
for compensation. "Massage establishment" does not | ||
include: an establishment at which persons licensed under | ||
the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical | ||
Therapy Act, or the Naprapathic Practice Act engage in | ||
practice under one of those Acts; a business owned by a | ||
sole licensed massage therapist; or a cosmetology or | ||
esthetics salon registered under the Barber, Cosmetology, | ||
Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. | ||
(b) The Department of Transportation shall, upon the | ||
availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of | ||
this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of | ||
this Act in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of | ||
each roadside rest area or in another conspicuous location in | ||
clear view of the public and employees where similar notices | ||
are customarily posted.
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(c) The owner of a hotel or motel shall, upon the | ||
availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of | ||
this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of | ||
this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the | ||
premises in clear view of the employees where similar notices | ||
are customarily posted. |
(d) The organizer of a public gathering or special event | ||
that is conducted on property open to the public and requires | ||
the issuance of a permit from the unit of local government | ||
shall post a notice that complies with the requirements of this | ||
Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the | ||
premises in clear view of the public and employees where | ||
similar notices are customarily posted. | ||
(e) The administrator of a public or private elementary | ||
school or public or private secondary school shall post a | ||
printout of the downloadable notice provided by the Department | ||
of Human Services under Section 15 that complies with the | ||
requirements of this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place | ||
chosen by the administrator in the administrative office or | ||
another location in view of school employees. School districts | ||
and personnel are not subject to the penalties provided under | ||
subsection (a) of Section 20. | ||
(f) The owner of an establishment registered under the | ||
Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration Act shall | ||
post a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act | ||
in a conspicuous and accessible place in clear view of | ||
establishment employees. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16; 99-565, eff. 7-1-17 .) | ||
(775 ILCS 50/15) | ||
Sec. 15. Model notice. No later than 6 months after the | ||
effective date of this Act, the Department of Human Services |
shall: (i) develop a model notice that complies with the | ||
requirements of Section 10 of this Act; or (ii) adopt a model | ||
notice developed by the Illinois Task Force on Human | ||
Trafficking that complies with the requirements of Section 10 | ||
of this Act. The Department of Human Services shall make the | ||
model notice available for download on the Department's | ||
Internet website. Upon request, the Department of Human | ||
Services shall furnish copies of the model notice without | ||
charge to a business , or establishment , or school identified in | ||
subsection (c) of Section 5.
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(Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16; 99-565, eff. 7-1-17 .) | ||
(775 ILCS 50/20)
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Sec. 20. Penalties. | ||
(a) A business or establishment identified in subsection | ||
(a) of Section 5 that fails to comply with the requirements of | ||
this Act within 30 days of receipt of a notice described in | ||
subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a | ||
fine of up to $500 for each violation is liable for a civil | ||
penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each | ||
subsequent offense . | ||
(b) The governmental entity regulating a business or | ||
establishment and local law enforcement agency having | ||
jurisdiction Department of Labor shall, in the course of | ||
regulating a business or establishment or carrying out law | ||
enforcement duties , monitor and enforce compliance with this |
Act. Upon discovering a violation, the governmental entity or | ||
local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction Department of | ||
Labor shall provide the business or establishment with | ||
reasonable notice of noncompliance that informs the business or | ||
establishment that it is subject to a fine civil penalty if it | ||
does not correct the violation within 30 days from the date the | ||
notice is sent to the business or establishment. | ||
(c) If the governmental entity regulating a business or | ||
establishment or local law enforcement agency having | ||
jurisdiction Department of Labor verifies that the violation | ||
was not corrected within the 30-day period described in | ||
subsection (b), the Attorney General or State's Attorney may | ||
prosecute a violation of may bring an action to impose a civil | ||
penalty pursuant to this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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