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Panel approves HB 13 to let municipalities use political‑subdivision liens with notification safeguards
Summary
HB 13 (first substitute) would authorize municipalities to use political‑subdivision lien authority to collect unpaid municipal service fees (storm drain, water, sewer) if the municipality notifies both the billed customer and the underlying property owner; committee adopted the substitute and recommended the bill favorably.
The House Political Subdivisions Committee voted to adopt the first substitute to HB 13 and to favorably recommend the bill, which extends a political‑subdivision lien process commonly used by special service districts to municipalities, with added notification requirements.
Representative Cutler, the sponsor, explained that political‑subdivision liens let utilities place unpaid service fees on the property tax roll rather than…
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