2005 California Penal Code Sections 13990.duplicate SLAVERY (CALIFORNIA ACTS) TASK FORCE

13990.  (a) There is hereby established the California Alliance to
Combat Trafficking and Slavery (California ACTS) Task Force to do the
following to the extent feasible:
   (1) Collect and organize data on the nature and extent of
trafficking in persons in California.
   (2) Examine collaborative models between government and
nongovernmental organizations for protecting victims of trafficking.
   (3) Measure and evaluate the progress of the state in preventing
trafficking, protecting and providing assistance to victims of
trafficking, and prosecuting persons engaged in trafficking.
   (4) Identify available federal, state, and local programs that
provide services to victims of trafficking that include, but are not
limited to, health care, human services, housing, education, legal
assistance, job training or preparation, interpreting services,
English-as-a-second-language classes, voluntary repatriation and
victim's compensation. Assess the need for additional services,
including but not limited to, shelter services for trafficking
victims.
   (5) Evaluate approaches to increase public awareness of
trafficking.
   (6) Analyze existing state criminal statutes for their adequacy in
addressing trafficking and, if the analysis determines that those
statutes are inadequate, recommend revisions to those statutes or the
enactment of new statutes that specifically define and address
trafficking.
   (7) Consult with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in
developing recommendations to strengthen state and local efforts to
prevent trafficking, protect and assist victims of trafficking, and
prosecute traffickers.
   (b) The task force shall be chaired by a designee of the Attorney
General. The Department of Justice shall provide staff and support
for the task force to the extent resources are available.
   (c) The members of the task force shall serve at the pleasure of
the respective appointing authority.  Reimbursement of necessary
expenses may be provided at the discretion of the respective
appointing authority or agency participating in the task force. The
task force shall be comprised of the following representatives or
their designees:
   (1) The Attorney General.
   (2) The Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
   (3) The Director of the State Department of Social Services.
   (4) The Director of the State Department of Health Services.
   (5) Chairperson of the Judicial Council of California.
   (6) Chairperson of the State Commission on the Status of Women.
   (7) One representative from the California District Attorneys
Association.
   (8) One representative from the California Public Defenders
Association.
   (9) Two representatives of local law enforcement, one selected by
the California State Sheriffs' Association and one selected by the
California Police Chiefs' Association.
   (10) One representative from the California Coalition Against
Sexual Assault, appointed by the Governor.
   (11) One representative from the California Partnership to End
Domestic Violence, appointed by the Governor.
   (12) The Governor shall appoint one university researcher and one
mental health professional.
   (13) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint one representative
from an organization that advocates for immigrant workers' rights and
one representative from an organization that serves victims of human
trafficking in southern California.
   (14) The Senate Rules Committee shall appoint one representative
from an organization that provides legal immigration services to
low-income individuals, and one representative from an organization
that serves victims of trafficking in northern California.
   (15) The Governor shall appoint one survivor of human trafficking.
   (d) Whenever possible, members of the task force shall have
experience providing services to trafficked persons or have knowledge
of human trafficking issues.
   (e) The task force shall meet at least once every two months.
Subcommittees may be formed and meet as necessary.  All meetings
shall be open to the public. The first meeting of the task force
shall be held no later than March 1, 2006.
   (f) On or before July 1, 2007, the task force shall report its
findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General,
and the Legislature. At the request of any member, the report may
include minority findings and recommendations.
   (g) For the purposes of this section, "trafficking" means all acts
involved in the recruitment, abduction, transport, harboring,
transfer, sale or receipt of persons, within national or across
international borders, through force, coercion, fraud or deception,
to place persons in situations of slavery or slavery like conditions,
forced labor or services, such as forced prostitution or sexual
services, domestic servitude, bonded sweatshop labor, or other debt
bondage.
   (h) This section is repealed as of January 1, 2008, unless a later
enacted statute, that becomes operative before January 1, 2008,
deletes or extends that date.