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Municipal League-backed bill to streamline abatement and foreclosure of dilapidated property draws legal questions in committee
Summary
House Bill 1695, presented by the Arkansas Municipal League, would make procedural changes to municipal authority to abate, lien, foreclose and clear title for dilapidated property; committee discussion focused on due process, definitions of "unsightly" and the effect of moving statutory language, and no committee motion to pass was recorded.
House Bill 1695, brought to the Revenue & Tax Committee by John Wilkerson of the Arkansas Municipal League, would reorganize and clarify municipal authority to abate and lien dilapidated, unsafe or unsanitary properties and establish a clearer foreclosure process to help cities return neglected properties to productive use.
Wilkerson told the committee the bill does not create a new municipal power but reorganizes existing language so abatement and lien procedures operate cleanly together. He said the measure…
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