Sec. 13-162.00.04. Human Sex and Human Labor Trafficking; Voluntary Registration, Training, and Certification

Any person who is a property owner, landlord, landlord agent, or management staff that operates an apartment rental within the County shall be offered voluntary training for management employees on how to identify human sex and human labor trafficking activities and human sex and human labor trafficking victims.

An owner and a manager of an apartment rental within the County may voluntarily register for human sex and human labor trafficking training with the Office of Human Rights. If an entity is owned by a corporation, the registered agent of the owner may register with the Office of Human Rights.

Any voluntary registration shall be updated by the Office of Human Rights by the end of the 30th day after registration with the Office of Human Rights.

The Office of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Prince George's County Police Department, will provide voluntary training on human sex trafficking and human labor trafficking consisting of training for management staff of an apartment rental within the County at the cost of the participating apartment owners.

Beginning on July 1, 2017, apartment rentals identified in Sec. 13-162.00.04(a), may voluntarily biennially certify to the Office of Human Rights that management staff has completed the voluntary training. The Office of Human Rights shall issue regulations prescribing the process for biennial certification within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this Act except for human labor trafficking, which certification process shall be completed at a later date. The same training requirements apply for human labor trafficking except for the above-referenced dates in this subsection.