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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 201 By: Burns
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to municipalities; requiring
municipalities with homeless camps to conduct
building inspections; stating that municipalities
shall be liable for harm in certain areas; providin g
for codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifi ed
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22-140 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
All municipalities shall have thirty (30) days to conduct
inspections of homeless camps in municipal districts that have water
run-off enter municipal sewer systems, drainage systems, or drinking
water reservoirs. The homeless camps shall be up to building codes
established by the Oklahoma Unifor m Building Code Commission. Any
municipalities that do not inspect the hom eless camps within the
thirty-day period shall be liable for any harm within and outside of
the immediate boundaries of the homeless camp. If the homeless camp
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does not meet building codes in the thirty-day period, the
municipality shall abolish the camp .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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