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a judge, a commissioner, a public defender, a prosecutor, a code enforcement officer, an
adult or juvenile corrections officer, a corrections support staff member, a probation officer,
a member of the Board of Executive Clemency, a law enforcement support staff member, a
National Guard member who is acting in support of a law enforcement agency, a person
who is protected under an order of protection or an injunction against harassment, a fire-
fighter assigned to the State Center in the State Department of Public Safety, or a victim of
domestic violence or stalking who is protected under an order of protection or an injunction
against harassment. The State Revised Statutes now require the county recorder to notify
certain persons six months prior to the expiration of a court-ordered redaction of their per-
sonal information. The statutes also allow the Anti-Racketeering Revolving Fund to be used
for the payment of relocation expenses of any law enforcement officer who is a victim of a
bona fide threat.

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Equal employment opportunity. The State may direct a local agency to require that all
contractors and subcontractors engaged in construction provide equal opportunity for
employment, without discrimination, under an expanded list of factors that now covers mar-
ital status, race, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, medical condition, reli-
gious creed, ancestry, mental disability, and physical disability.
Human trafficking. The State Civil Code and the State Penal Code were amended by the
addition of a section to each that relates to human trafficking. The new civil law prohibits
an employer from deducting from an employee’s wages the employer’s cost of helping the
employee emigrate and transporting the employee to the United States. Because the existing
penal law provides jurisdiction over certain crimes committed in more than one county, this
new legislation requires a local prosecutor to present evidence to the court and requires the
court to hold a hearing to consider whether a matter involving human trafficking in multi-
ple jurisdictions should proceed in the county of filing or whether one or more counts
should be severed. Charges alleging multiple violations that involve the same victim or vic-
tims in multiple territorial jurisdictions shall be subject to judicial review to determine the
location and complexity of the likely evidence, to identify where the majority of the offenses
occurred, and to consider the convenience of, or hardship on, the victims and witnesses.
Overtime. The State has extended the exemption from overtime pay requirements un-
der State law to computer professionals who earn no less than $75,000 per year for full-time
employment and are paid at least once per month in an amount no less than $6,250 per
month.
Plant closing. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health is responsible
for licensing and regulating health facilities, including hospitals, and requires a hospital that
is planning to reduce or eliminate emergency medical services to notify various entities at
least 90 days before it takes that action. Legislation was enacted that changes the required
notification period to 30 days prior to closing a general acute-care or psychiatric hospital or
relocating the provision of a supplemental service to a different campus. Notification should
be made to the public and the applicable administering department. The facility shall pro-

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