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City attorney: County, not cities, control certified encampments under House Bill 1365; municipalities face liability if they allow overnight camping
Summary
City officials in Cocoa discussed the scope and legal risks of House Bill 13‑65, which requires county certification for public camping sites and makes municipalities potentially liable if public camping or sleeping occurs without county/D CF oversight.
City Attorney Esquire Pike told Cocoa City Council that House Bill 13‑65 gives counties—not individual municipalities—the authority to designate and certify public camping or sleeping sites and sets conditions cities cannot independently waive.
The county "must designate public property that gets certified through DCF and meets specific criteria," City Manager said as he summarized the new law and why cities in Brevard County are limited in what they can do locally. The law’s…
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