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MELISSA McKINLAY <br />County Commissioner <br />District 6 <br />Palm Beach County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />■ <br />Governmental Center <br />301 North Olive Avenue. 12th Floor <br />West Palm Beach, FL 33401 <br />Telephone: (561) 355-2206 <br />Facsimile: (561) 355-4366 <br />mmckinlay@pbcgov.org <br />■ <br />Glades Office Complex <br />2976 State Road #15 <br />Belle Glade. FL 33430 <br />Telephone: (561) 996-4814 <br />Facsimile: (561) 992-1038 <br />■ <br />www.pbcgov.com <br />'An Equal Opportunity <br />Affirmative Action Employer` <br />g printed on recycled paper <br />June 25, 2019 <br />Commissioner Peter O'Bryan <br />Indian River County Board of Commissioners <br />1801 27th St. <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Re: Human. Trafficking Hotline Awareness Signage <br />RECE! <br />JUL 0 3 2019 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSION <br />Dear Commisslone/OBryan, <br />In 2015, the Florida Legislature passed a landmark human trafficking bill, <br />HB 369 (now F.S. 787.29), that requires the Florida Department of <br />Transportation to post the international human trafficking hotline on signs <br />in transportation hubs across Florida (airports, ports, train and bus stations, <br />and rest stops). The new law also requires emergency rooms to post the <br />same signs. The language for the signs was outlined in the legislation as <br />well as the requirement that signs be in English and Spanish. The signs <br />must also be placed in a conspicuous location visible to the public and <br />employees. It took effect January 1, 2016. <br />Language was also included that provided the option for local County <br />Commissions to add an additional requirement for sign posting in strip <br />clubs and adult entertainment establishments by allowing Counties to <br />enforce the provision and fine violators. Adult entertainment <br />establishments are defined in F.S. 847.001 as: <br />847.001 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: <br />(1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older. <br />(2) "Adult entertainment establishment" means the following <br />terms as defined: <br />(a) "Adult bookstore" means any corporation, partnership, or <br />business of any kind which restricts or purports to restrict admission <br />only to adults, which has as part of its stock books, magazines, <br />other periodicals, videos, discs, or other graphic media and which <br />offers, sells, provides, or rents for a fee any sexually oriented <br />material. <br />(b) "Adult theater" means an enclosed building or an enclosed <br />space within a building used for presenting either films, live plays, <br />dances, or other performances that are distinguished or <br />characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or <br />relating to specific sexual activities for observation by patrons, and <br />which restricts or purports to restrict admission only to adults. <br />(c) "Special Cabaret" means any business that features persons <br />who engage in specific sexual activities for observation by patrons, <br />and which restricts or purports to restrict admission only to adults. <br />(d) "Unlicensed massage establishment" means any business or <br />enterprise that offers, sells, or provides, or that holds itself out as <br />offering, selling, or providing, massages that include bathing, <br />10 <br />