BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2319 |
By: Parker |
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Under current law, municipalities have the authority to adopt local ordinances that prohibit a church from providing overnight shelter for children. However, interested parties contend that certain churches could effectively provide such a necessary service to this vulnerable segment of the population. C.S.H.B. 2319 seeks to make overnight shelter for a vulnerable segment of the population more available.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2319 amends the Local Government Code to prohibit a municipality from adopting an ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a church from providing overnight shelter for children 17 years of age and younger. The bill specifies that a municipal ordinance or regulation that relates to the safe and sanitary operation of a homeless shelter for children applies to a church that provides overnight shelter for children. The bill authorizes a municipality to adopt or enforce an ordinance establishing limits on the number of nights a child is authorized to use an overnight shelter provided by a church or on the number of children that can be housed in the shelter per night.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2319 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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