Relating to live adult entertainment facilities, including creating a human trafficking and child sexual exploitation prevention fund, and providing for the assessment of a surcharge

The bill provides that beginning January 15, 2021, and every January thereafter, the surcharge as calculated under the bill is due and payable, and shall be paid by the operator to the department of revenue on forms prescribed by the department of revenue. The bill requires the live adult entertainment facility to keep records, receipts, invoices, and other pertinent papers relating to the number of customers entering the facility each calendar year, and open such records for inspection as the director of the department of revenue requires. The bill specifies that revenues from the surcharge shall be deposited into the human trafficking and child exploitation prevention fund created in the bill. The bill defines “live adult entertainment facilities”, “nude or partially clothed person”, and “operator”. The bill creates a human trafficking and child exploitation prevention fund under the control of the department of justice. All moneys deposited or paid into the fund are appropriated and made available to the department of justice to be used to provide grants to governmental and nongovernmental entities and individuals involved with upholding community standards of decency, strengthening families, or developing, expanding, or strengthening programs for child victims of human trafficking to be used for any of the activities as detailed in the bill.