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