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Committee rejects bill that would stop donations of tax-delinquent parcels to government entities
Summary
House Bill 1121, which would have removed a state law allowing the land commissioner to donate tax-delinquent parcels to public entities and thereby require auction sales so owners could recover excess proceeds, failed after extended questioning and debate.
House Bill 1121, sponsored by Representative Wayne Long, failed in the State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs House committee after an extended discussion about tax-delinquent property procedures and constitutional risk.
Representative Wayne Long told the committee the bill was prompted by a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision arising from Minnesota (Tyler v. Hennepin County), which he said established that selling or transferring certain tax-delinquent property without returning excess proceeds could constitute an uncompensated taking under the Fifth Amendment. Long said Arkansas law currently allows the land commissioner to donate for tax-delinquent parcels to state…
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