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