H.B. 834 Summary

• Department of Public Safety shall establish a temporary sheriff patrol program beginning January 1, 2020, to enforce laws prohibiting trespassing, camping, and after-hours presence on state real property owned or managed by the Department of Transportation or Department of Land and Natural Resources.

• Deputy sheriffs shall first request violators to leave the property; if they refuse or return after leaving, sheriffs may cite or arrest them, and may also enforce other applicable laws.

• Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness shall establish a separate program contracting with private security to enforce the same trespassing, camping, and after-hours laws on the same state properties, also beginning January 1, 2020.

• Both programs operate at no cost to participating state agencies and terminate on June 30, 2021, with reporting requirements to the legislature by the 2021 legislative session regarding whether to extend, permanently establish, or terminate each program.

• Appropriations are authorized (amounts left blank in bill) for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to fund both programs, with the bill itself set to expire on June 30, 2021.