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Committee removes clause barring property rights for squatters in HB1603
Summary
Judiciary committee approved a cleanup to the squatter's law in House Bill 1603, removing a provision that had stated squatters "shall not accrue any property rights," a conforming change carried by voice vote.
The chair said House Bill 1603 removes language from last year's squatter law that had declared any squatter who trespassed "shall not accrue any property rights based on that" language; he described the change as a technical cleanup to conform the statute.
Senator Boyd asked what the removed language said; the chair read a portion and explained the deletion. Senator McCaughn moved title sufficient and the committee approved the motion on voice vote. The transcript records the motion as carried but does not include numeric vote counts.
