Homeless camp

Representative Houston Gaines added a provision against allowing local governments and hospitals to take homeless people to other counties without permission.

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Georgia cities and counties could be compelled to enforce bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people under a bill moving forward in the state Senate.

Athens' government-sanctioned homeless camp opened on Wednesday.

A highway crew contracted by the Georgia Department of Transportation displaced five homeless people when a wooded area near the intersection of Lexington…