SB382 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Wendell Mitchell

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline, posting in lounges and on Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Internet website, required, penalties

Summary

SB382 would require certain Alabama lounges with liquor licenses to post a National Human Trafficking Hotline poster and set penalties for failure to do so.

What This Bill Does

It requires lounges licensed for liquor (but not with a food/beverage permit) to display a poster at least 8.5 by 11 inches with the hotline information. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board must provide the poster online in English and Spanish and may print or mail posters to licensees who will pay printing and postage costs; licensees must post posters in English, Spanish, and other languages required by the Voting Rights Act (with translations provided if needed at the licensee’s expense). Violations carry escalating misdemeanor penalties: Class C for the first, Class B for the second, and Class A for the third. The bill notes potential local funding effects but is exempt from certain local-approval requirements because it creates a new crime. It becomes effective the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• Lounge licensees/owners/operators with a liquor license who do not have a food or beverage permit (or both) and are required to post the hotline poster.
• The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which must provide, translate, and distribute the posters and notice to licensees.

Key Provisions

• Requires posting of a National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline poster in certain lounges with liquor licenses and no food/beverage permit.
• Poster content must include hotline contact information and multilingual access details; poster size must be at least 8.5x11 inches.
• Board must provide the poster online in English and Spanish; licensees may print or have the board mail posters at the licensee’s cost.
• Licensees must post the required posters in English, Spanish, and any other languages mandated by the Voting Rights Act for the county; the board may translate and mail additional posters at the licensee’s cost.
• First violation is a Class C misdemeanor; second is Class B; third is Class A, with corresponding penalties (fine and/or imprisonment).
• The bill acknowledges potential local fund effects but is exempt from certain local-funding approval requirements because it creates a new crime.
• Effective date: the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses