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Committee hears bill to clarify municipal authority to regulate camping on public property
Summary
A Montana House committee opened a hearing on House Bill 208, which would explicitly allow a municipality to prohibit or otherwise regulate the unauthorized occupancy of or camping on public property or facilities owned by or under the control of the municipality, the bill’s sponsor said.
A Montana House committee opened a hearing on House Bill 208, which would explicitly allow a municipality to prohibit or otherwise regulate the unauthorized occupancy of or camping on public property or facilities owned by or under the control of the municipality, the bill’s sponsor said.
The measure’s sponsor described the proposal as narrow and permissive, saying the bill “is a very simple little bill” and that “it merely states ... that a municipality may prohibit or otherwise regulate the unauthorized occupancy of or camping on or in public property or facilities owned by or under the control of the municipality.” The sponsor…
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