HP0890
LD 1277
Session - 128th Maine Legislature
 
LR 85
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Combat Human Trafficking by Requiring Prevention Training for Commercial Drivers

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1253, sub-§6  is enacted to read:

6 Human trafficking prevention training and license requirement; informational card.   In addition to other requirements under this section, beginning April 1, 2018, in order to receive a commercial driver's license, an applicant for a new commercial driver's license must complete a nationally recognized training program on preventing human trafficking in the trucking industry and provide to the Secretary of State a certificate or other evidence of satisfactory completion of that program. The training program required under this subsection may be administered in person or on the Internet.

Beginning April 1, 2018, a commercial driver's license issued by the Secretary of State to a new licensee or upon a renewal for an existing licensee must be accompanied by an informational card that is 2 inches by 3 inches and outlines signs of and how to report human trafficking and includes a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline.

summary

This bill requires that, beginning April 1, 2018, an applicant for a new commercial driver's license complete in person or online a nationally recognized training program on preventing human trafficking in the trucking industry as a requirement to receive a license. It also requires that all new and renewed commercial driver's licenses be accompanied by a wallet-sized card that outlines signs of and how to report human trafficking and includes a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline.


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