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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Hotels - Human Trafficking Prevention
FOR the purpose of requiring the registration of all hotels in the City; prohibiting hotels from renting out sleeping accommodations for a period of less than ½ day; requiring that all hotel employees receive training in how to identify human trafficking activities and human trafficking victims; requiring hotels to certify that all employees have been given anti-human trafficking training; defining certain terms; providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to the operation of hotels in Baltimore City.
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BY adding
Article 15 - Licensing and Regulation
Section(s) 10-1 to 10-9, to be under the new subtitle,
“Subtitle 10. Hotels”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 15. Licensing and Regulation
SUBTITLE 10. HOTELS.
§ 10-1. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
“HUMAN TRAFFICKING” MEANS THE USE OF FORCE, THREAT OF FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION TO:
(1) CAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER 18 TO ENGAGE IN A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; OR
(2) RECRUIT, HARBOR, TRANSPORT, PROVIDE, OR OBTAIN ANY INDIVIDUAL FOR LABOR OR COMMERCIAL SEX....
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