Cities and towns; Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025; lien; violations; housing; building code; foreclosure; real property; effective date.

Added a mandatory $1,500 minimum threshold for cumulative fees, penalties, and abatement costs before a municipality can initiate enforcement proceedings.

Inserted new statutory definitions for 'Code enforcement director', 'Interested party', 'Minimum bid price', 'Municipal code lien', 'Municipal code lien payoff', 'Owner-occupied', and 'Redemption amount'.

Changed the document header from 'SENATE CHAMBER' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' and updated the legislative session details.

Added a requirement that enforcement proceedings cannot start until the total outstanding fees, penalties, and abatement costs equal or exceed $1,500.

Inserted Senate chamber disposition headers and amendment metadata indicating the change was a floor amendment by Senator Howard.

Removed draft page headers (e.g., 'ENGROSSED HOUSE', 'Page 1') and footers to produce the clean, final text ready for signing.

Enforcement proceedings cannot begin until the total amount of unpaid fees, penalties, and abatement costs reaches $1,500.

The definition of 'owner-occupied' property was expanded to include homes lawfully occupied by the family of a deceased individual who was eligible for homestead or tax exemptions.

New definitions were added for 'Redemption amount' (the total payoff needed) and 'Tax certificate holder' (purchasers of tax sale certificates).

Clarified that taxes assessed against property are superior to municipal code liens and must be paid first during the redemption process.

Added a new requirement that enforcement proceedings cannot begin until the total amount of unpaid fees, penalties, and abatement costs reaches $1,500.