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Subcommittee approves bill allowing nuisance-abatement liens and special assessments with due-process safeguards
Summary
Senate Bill 757 would permit cities and counties to use nuisance-abatement liens or special assessments to collect the costs of abating hazards that endanger public health or safety, subject to notice, cure periods and hardship waivers.
Senate Bill 757 would authorize the legislative body of a city or county to establish procedures allowing nuisance-abatement liens or special assessments to collect abatement and administrative costs for violations that endanger public health or safety, the bill's author said on June 19.
The bill's author described the proposal as a local enforcement "toolbox" to recover costs when property owners repeatedly fail to address…
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