REFERENCE TITLE: hotel; motel; vouchers; homeless; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

HB 2379

 

Introduced by

Representatives Gress: Gillette, Heap, Smith, Senators Shamp, Wadsack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.49; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-269.27; relating to homelessness.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.49 to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.49. Hotel and motel homeless housing vouchers; participation; prohibition; definitions

A. A city or town may not require a hotel or motel to participate in any program that houses homeless individuals or families in an unoccupied hotel or motel guest room through the use of a housing voucher.

b. for the purposes of this section:

1. "homeless individuals or families" means individuals or families who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence or who have a primary nighttime residence in a shelter, on the street, in a park, in a vehicle or in an enclosure that is not authorized for human habitation.

2. "hotel" or "motel" means an establishment that provides for payment temporary lodging in the form of overnight accommodations in guest rooms to transient patrons. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-269.27 to read:

START_STATUTE11-269.27. Hotel and motel homeless housing vouchers; participation; prohibition; definitions

A. A county may not require a hotel or motel to participate in any program that houses homeless individuals or families in an unoccupied hotel or motel guest room through the use of a housing voucher.

b. for the purposes of this section:

1. "homeless individuals or families" means individuals or families who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence or who has a primary nighttime residence in a shelter, on the street, in a park, in a vehicle or in an enclosure that is not authorized for human habitation.

2. "hotel" or "motel" means an establishment that provides for payment temporary lodging in the form of overnight accommodations in guest rooms to transient patrons. END_STATUTE