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Committee hears bill to clarify municipal authority to regulate camping on public property
Summary
A sponsor told the committee House Bill 208 would make explicit that municipalities "may prohibit or otherwise regulate the unauthorized occupancy of or camping on or in public property" after citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision; proponents said the change would give smaller towns legal clarity. No final vote on HB 208 was recorded.
A legislative committee opened a hearing on House Bill 208, a proposal to explicitly authorize municipalities to prohibit or regulate camping on public property. The bill’s sponsor told the committee the measure is intended to remove legal uncertainty and to save small towns time and expense in researching or litigating whether they have the authority to control camping on municipal property.
The sponsor said the hearing was prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the…
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