Criminal Offenses

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not mention provisions for extended holding periods when property is used as evidence or specific applications to public property and camping laws beyond the change in time frame.

Changing Time for Holding Seized Camping Equipment

This bill changes the time from 90 days to 120 days that confiscated camping gear must be kept by law enforcement in a secure place before disposal or return.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the holding period of seized property used for illegal camping on public land from 90 days to 120 days.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who camp illegally on public land
• Law enforcement agencies that seize equipment used in illegal camping

Terms To Know

Confiscated or seized property

Items taken by the police when someone breaks a law.

Secure location

A safe place where items are kept to prevent damage or theft.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if property is not claimed within 120 days.
• It's unclear how this change will affect people who need their equipment back quickly.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2400
By Sparks

SENATE BILL 2545
By Reeves
SB2545
012234
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13;
Title 16; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to
the Equal Access to Public Property Act of 2012.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-414(e), is amended by
deleting "ninety (90)" wherever it appears and substituting "one hundred twenty (120)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.