House committee amends Senate Bill 2379 to send single certified notice to 'owner on the tax list'

The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee amended and voted to advance Senate Bill 2379 on a voice and roll-call vote, changing the bill so that notice would be addressed to the “owner on the tax list” and directing that a single certified mailing cover multiple sibling parcels with the same listed owner.

The change, adopted as amendment 0.02003, strikes the word "landowner" and inserts "owner on the tax list" on page 1, line 16 of the proposed amendment. Committee members said the revision is intended to avoid sending multiple notices to different parcel identifiers that belong to the same listed owner. Chairman Porter announced the amendment passed on a roll call showing nine yes votes and four no votes; the committee later voted 9–4 to give the bill a due-pass…