Vehicular Living Act of 2017

WHEREAS laws against sleeping in one’s own car are both discriminatory to the poor and unnecessary;

WHEREAS legalising sleeping in a legally parked car overnight would help to alleviate the issue of homelessness;

WHEREAS It is conclusive that ‘quality of life’ laws that prohibit sleeping in a legally parked car are a both detrimental to the poor and a restriction on individual liberties;

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Dixie that:

Section 1. Short Title

1. This bill may be cited as "VLA".

Section 2. Definitions

1. Vehicle - private passenger motor vehicle, including passenger vans and minivans, primarily intended for the transport of persons on roads.

Section 3. Regulation

1. Whilst it is not acceptable that sleeping in a private vehicle is banned in many State of Dixie cities, regulation will be put in place to prevent disturbance to communities. These regulations will be as follows:

2. A person residing in a vehicle shall be considered, under the purview of the law, to be equivalent to a person residing in a private home for the purposes of noise control.

3. A person residing in a vehicle shall not be exempt from public decency laws. Unless the vehicle has sufficient privacy, any and all public decency laws will also apply to any and all persons within the vehicle.

4. A person residing in a vehicle shall not be exempt from parking laws. Furthermore, even despite a lack of explicit signage, vehicles must not monopolise a particular park. If no explicit parking laws apply, a limit of 24 hours in any given 1 mile radius applies.

5. A person residing in a vehicle shall not be exempt from liquor laws. All laws related to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other substances shall still apply to a person residing in a vehicle.

Section 4. Process

1. The cities of the State of Dixie may no longer restrict any person(s) ability to sleep in a private vehicle that abides by the regulations laid out in Section 3.

Section 5. Implementation

1. This bill shall be enacted immediately upon passing.

This bill was originally written by /u/stustix for the State of Jefferson and was modified for the State of Dixie by /u/oath2order.