| 1 | 1 | | Session of 2023 |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL No. 2430 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to funds used to support |
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| 6 | 6 | | unhoused individuals; providing requirements for the use of funds; |
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| 7 | 7 | | requiring state agencies to provide funds for local subdivisions; |
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| 8 | 8 | | creating the crime of unauthorized use of state lands and providing |
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| 9 | 9 | | penalties therefor; restricting local subdivisions from adopting certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | policies; enacting the safe cities act. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section 1. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the |
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| 13 | 13 | | safe cities act. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A political subdivision shall not: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) Adopt or enforce any policy under which the political subdivision |
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| 16 | 16 | | directly or indirectly prohibits or discourages the enforcement of any order |
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| 17 | 17 | | or ordinance prohibiting public camping, sleeping or obstruction of public |
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| 18 | 18 | | right-of-ways, including roads and sidewalks; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) prohibit or discourage a peace officer or prosecuting attorney who |
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| 20 | 20 | | is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the political |
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| 21 | 21 | | subdivision from enforcing any order or ordinance prohibiting public |
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| 22 | 22 | | camping, sleeping or obstruction of public right-of-ways, including roads |
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| 23 | 23 | | and sidewalks. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a policy of any |
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| 25 | 25 | | political subdivision that encourages diversion programs or offering of |
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| 26 | 26 | | services in lieu of citation or arrest. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) (1) The attorney general shall have the power to bring a civil |
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| 28 | 28 | | action against any political subdivision to enjoin the political subdivision |
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| 29 | 29 | | from violating the provisions of this section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in |
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| 31 | 31 | | any civil action brought under this section, including court costs, |
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| 32 | 32 | | reasonable attorney fees, investigative costs, witness fees and deposition |
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| 33 | 33 | | costs. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) The provisions of this section shall be severable. If any provision |
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| 35 | 35 | | of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, |
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| 36 | 36 | | the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that |
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| 37 | 37 | | can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (f) Any political subdivision with a higher per-capita rate of |
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| 39 | 39 | | homelessness than the state average, as determined by the last held United |
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| 75 | 75 | | 36 HB 2430 2 |
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| 76 | 76 | | States census and the most recent United States department of housing and |
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| 77 | 77 | | urban development homelessness point-in-time count for the continuum of |
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| 78 | 78 | | care, as defined by 24 C.F.R. § 578.5(a), in which the political subdivision |
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| 79 | 79 | | is located, after July 1, 2024, shall not receive state funding designated for |
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| 80 | 80 | | the purpose of addressing homelessness until the department allocating |
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| 81 | 81 | | such funds determines that the political subdivision is compliant with this |
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| 82 | 82 | | section. |
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| 83 | 83 | | (g) Except as otherwise existing authorized in law or municipal |
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| 84 | 84 | | ordinance, it shall be unlawful to use state or local government-owned |
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| 85 | 85 | | lands for unauthorized sleeping, camping or long-term shelters. A violation |
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| 86 | 86 | | of this section is: |
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| 87 | 87 | | (1) An unclassified nonperson misdemeanor punishable by a fine not |
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| 88 | 88 | | to exceed $1, except as provided in paragraph (2); and |
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| 89 | 89 | | (2) a class C nonperson misdemeanor upon a second or subsequent |
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| 90 | 90 | | violation. |
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| 91 | 91 | | Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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| 92 | 92 | | publication in the statute book. |
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