Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB162 Compare Versions

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1	1	HB162INTRODUCED
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3	3	HB162
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5	5	By Representative Lipscomb
6	6	RFD: State Government
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
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14	14	First Read: 04-Feb-25
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would prohibit the state and any
17	17	political subdivision of the state and their law
18	18	enforcement officers, agents, and employees from
19	19	transporting homeless individuals to another city or
20	20	county within the state unless authorized by law, court
21	21	order, or the homeless individual or his or her agent.
22	22	This bill would also provide criminal penalties
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24	24	A BILL
25	25	TO BE ENTITLED
26	26	AN ACT
27	27	Relating to crimes and offenses; to prohibit the state
28	28	and political subdivisions of the state and their law
29	29	enforcement officers, agents, and employees from transporting
30	30	homeless individuals to another city or county within the
31	31	state unless authorized by law, court order, or the homeless
32	32	individual or his or her agent.
33	33	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
34	34	Section 1. (a) For the purpose of this section,
35	35	"homeless" has the same meaning as in Section 15-20A-4, Code
36	36	of Alabama 1975.
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66	66	of Alabama 1975.
67	67	(b) Unless authorized by law, court order, or the
68	68	homeless individual or his or her agent, the state or a
69	69	political subdivision of the state, or a law enforcement
70	70	officer, agent, or employee thereof, when acting in his or her
71	71	official capacity, shall not transport a homeless individual
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73	73	(c) Subsection (b) does not apply if the state or a
74	74	political subdivision of the state or a law enforcement
75	75	officer, agent, or employee thereof has written consent from
76	76	an entity in another city or county of this state agreeing to
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78	78	the individuals.
79	79	(d) A violation of this section is a Class A
80	80	misdemeanor. A separate violation is committed for each
81	81	individual transported.
82	82	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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