Plain English Breakdown
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Rules for Transporting Homeless People
This law stops local government workers and police from moving homeless people within an area unless they first arrange shelter or long-term housing.
What This Bill Does
- Stops employees of local governments or law enforcement agencies, when acting in their official jobs, from transporting a homeless person to another location within the same jurisdiction without planning ahead.
- Requires these employees to coordinate shelter or long-term housing before they transport, drop off, arrange for, or pay for the transport and drop-off of a homeless individual.
- Sets a civil penalty of $10,000 against local governments or law enforcement agencies that break this rule.
- States that this law applies to all cities, including those with their own charters.
Who It Names or Affects
- Employees of local government agencies
- Law enforcement officers acting in their official jobs
- Homeless individuals being moved within a jurisdiction
Terms To Know
- Jurisdiction
- The specific city or area where the local government has power.
- Charter cities
- Cities that have their own special rules written in a charter document instead of following all state laws exactly.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not list an effective date for when this law starts.
- The bill mentions existing programs but does not explain how they work or if their funding changes.