Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits camping and soliciting on public highways.

Highlights:

• Prohibits by law any person from soliciting on a roadway, shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of a controlled-access highway, entrance, or exit ramp (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Prohibits any person from camping on a shoulder, berm, or right-of-way or under a bridge or overpass of a state or interstate highway (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Specifies that violators of the above provisions will receive a warning citation for their first offense and, for each subsequent offense, are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $50 and 20 to 40 hours of community service work (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Authorizes the court to punish offenders with 20 to 40 hours of litter removable from public property in lieu of the above fine and community service (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Specifies that this act takes effect July 1, 2021 (Sec. 6, Pg. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits camping and soliciting on public highways.

Highlights:

• Prohibits by law any person from soliciting on a roadway, shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of a controlled-access highway, entrance, or exit ramp (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Prohibits any person from camping on a shoulder, berm, or right-of-way or under a bridge or overpass of a state or interstate highway (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Specifies that violators of the above provisions will receive a warning citation for their first offense and, for each subsequent offense, are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $50 and 20 to 40 hours of community service work (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Authorizes the court to punish offenders with 20 to 40 hours of litter removable from public property in lieu of the above fine and community service (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Specifies that this act takes effect July 1, 2021 (Sec. 6, Pg. 2).

Full Bill Text