| 1 | 1 | | 88R6432 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Campos H.B. No. 1292 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to access to mobile showers by homeless individuals in |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain municipalities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Chapter 350 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 350. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | AND PUBLIC SAFETY |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 350.001. ACCESS TO MOBILE SHOWERS BY HOMELESS IN |
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| 15 | 15 | | CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A municipality with a population of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 500,000 or more shall provide to homeless individuals residing in |
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| 17 | 17 | | the municipality access to mobile showers. The municipality must |
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| 18 | 18 | | make available a sufficient number of showers to allow daily shower |
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| 19 | 19 | | access by each homeless individual residing in the municipality. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The municipality shall ensure that the access is sufficient to |
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| 21 | 21 | | address the hygienic needs of and the prevention of hygiene-related |
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| 22 | 22 | | illnesses in the municipality's homeless population. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A municipality subject to Subsection (a) shall use all |
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| 24 | 24 | | available federal money, including money provided under the |
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| 25 | 25 | | American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2), that is |
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| 26 | 26 | | available for implementing that subsection. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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