"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.185C RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A city, town, or county may not prohibit a religious organization that owns or leases real property that qualifies for a property tax exemption under chapter 84.36 RCW from hosting temporary encampments for the homeless. However, a city, town, or county may impose reasonable conditions to ensure public health and safety and may require the following:
     (a) Reasonable advance notice of the encampment to the community;
     (b) A public meeting held in the vicinity of the proposed encampment providing information concerning the encampment before its establishment;
     (c) A resident limit of one hundred persons for a given encampment;
     (d) Compliance with regulations on the presence of children overnight in the encampment;
     (e) A limit on duration of an encampment, but not less than ninety days;
     (f) Reasonable privacy screening, such as view-obstructing fencing, from surrounding lots;
     (g) Submission of a parking plan for the use of on-street parking by the religious organization or the encampment due to the presence of the encampment on the religious organization's on-site parking areas;
     (h) Reasonable inspections of the encampment by government officials related to public safety, health, and fire safety; and
     (i) Establishment and enforcement of a reasonable code of conduct by encampment residents.
     (2) Local governments may not impose permit fees for a temporary encampment hosted by a religious organization that in the aggregate exceed five hundred dollars for one encampment period.
     (3) Cities, towns, and counties must respond to a temporary encampment permit application submitted by a religious organization within sixty days of submission of a completed application.
     (4) This section does not preclude a city, town, or county from seeking all reasonable and appropriate remedies from the host religious organization or the encampment, or both, in order to prevent or remedy an imminent threat to or impairment of public health or safety. Reasonable fines may only be imposed for endangering public health or safety or for violations of restrictions imposed under subsection (1)(a) through (h) of this section.
     (5) This section does not affect or is not intended to affect existing agreements between cities, towns, or counties and religious organizations or homeless advocacy groups regarding homeless encampments, or to prevent the renewal of such agreements."