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Georgia lawmakers: Localities must apply homeless camp bans

A homeless man walks through a camp in the woods in Gainesville Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, back to the tent where he lives. The City of Gainesville had notified the camp residents to be off the property. - photo by Scott Rogers

01112023 HOMELESS 1.jpg — A homeless man walks through a camp in the woods in Gainesville Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, back to the tent where he lives. The City of Gainesville had notified the camp residents to be off the property. - photo by Scott Rogers

Georgia lawmakers are telling cities and counties that they must enforce existing bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people while saying local governments and hospitals can't dump homeless people in other counties without permission.