Summary of HB08-1367
Short Title: Abandoned Property Nuisance Abatement

Sponsors: Frangas/Mitchell S. & ...

Increases the penalties for vandalism of, and trespassing on, unoccupied residential property, making vandalism and second-degree trespassing class 1 misdemeanors and third-degree trespassing a class 2 misdemeanor. Requires electric, gas, and water utilities to disclose customer address information to local authorities when it appears from utility usage records that a residence has been unoccupied for 60 consecutive days. Grants limited immunity to the utility and its agents for making such disclosures. Allows local authorities and mortgagees to take action to close or block off windows and doors and abate nuisances on unoccupied residential property, including removing weeds, brush, and trash from such properties. Allows mortgagees to be cited for failing to abate nuisances after receiving at least 30 days' notice of their potential liability. Includes the cost of such nuisance abatement efforts in the amounts that may be recovered in a foreclosure action.

Status
03/17/2008 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government
04/03/2008 House Committee on Local Government Lay Over Amended
04/10/2008 House Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely

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