1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing a toll-free human trafficking victim hotline; 
1.3 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 299A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [299A.79] TOLL-FREE HOTLINE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
1.7 	(a) As used in this section, "trafficking victim" has the meaning given in section 
1.8 	299A.78, subdivision 1.
1.9 	(b) The commissioner of public safety shall contract with a nonprofit organization 
1.10 	that provides legal services to domestic and international trafficking victims to maintain a 
1.11 	toll-free telephone hotline for trafficking victims. 
1.12 	The hotline must be in place by January 1, 2007, and must be operated 24 hours 
1.13 	a day, 365 days a year. The hotline must offer language interpreters for languages 
1.14 	commonly spoken in Minnesota, including, but not limited to, Spanish, Vietnamese, 
1.15 	Hmong, and Somali. At a minimum, the hotline must screen trafficking victims, both 
1.16 	domestic and international, and provide appropriate referrals to attorneys and victims' 
1.17 	services organizations.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 	$....... is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety from the general fund for 
1.20 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, to implement section 1.