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HB162
LJBBWAA-1
By Representative Lipscomb
RFD: State Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
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First Read: 04-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would prohibit the state and any
political subdivision of the state and their law
enforcement officers, agents, and employees from
transporting homeless individuals to another city or
county within the state unless authorized by law, court
order, or the homeless individual or his or her agent.
This bill would also provide criminal penalties
for violations.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to crimes and offenses; to prohibit the state
and political subdivisions of the state and their law
enforcement officers, agents, and employees from transporting
homeless individuals to another city or county within the
state unless authorized by law, court order, or the homeless
individual or his or her agent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purpose of this section,
"homeless" has the same meaning as in Section 15-20A-4, Code
of Alabama 1975.
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of Alabama 1975.
(b) Unless authorized by law, court order, or the
homeless individual or his or her agent, the state or a
political subdivision of the state, or a law enforcement
officer, agent, or employee thereof, when acting in his or her
official capacity, shall not transport a homeless individual
to another city or county within the state.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply if the state or a
political subdivision of the state or a law enforcement
officer, agent, or employee thereof has written consent from
an entity in another city or county of this state agreeing to
accept homeless individuals, and the entity actually accepts
the individuals.
(d) A violation of this section is a Class A
misdemeanor. A separate violation is committed for each
individual transported.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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