Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires cities across the Wasatch Front to establish shelter plans during the winter months to keep individuals off the streets during freezing temperatures.

Highlights:

• Requires cities across the Wasatch Front to establish shelter plans during the winter months to keep individuals off the streets during freezing temperatures (Sec. 1).

• Amends the formula used by the Office of Homeless Service to disburse funds from the Homeless Shelter Citites Mitigation Restricted Account to municipalities to mitigate the impacts of homeless shelters (Sec. 2-18).

• Prohibits a municipality from recieivng funds from the account if they do not enforce an ordicance that prohibits camping except in certain circumstances (Sec. 2-18).

• Amends the annual contribution amount that certain local governments are required to provide from their collected sales tax revenue for deposit into the account (Sec. 2-18).

• Authorizes the State Tax Commission to subtract a certain amount from a local governments annual contribution amount to the account based on the availability of homeless shelter beds within the local governments boundaries (Sec. 2-18).

• Requires certain counties to convene a country winter response task force for the purpose of preparing a county winter response plan, formerly known as an overflow plan (Sec. 2-18).

• Expands the county winter response plan requirements to counties of the second class (Sec. 2-18).

• Amends the process and requirements for a county winter response plan and the consequences of noncompliance during the winter response period (Sec. 2-18).

• Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a code blue alert for cetain weather events that may pose a danger to individuals experiencing homelessness (Sec. 2-18).

• Establishes certain requirements and limitations to take effect within a county that is impacted by a code blue alert and makes other technical changes (Sec. 2-18).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect January 1, 2024 (Sec. 19).

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