Vacant building registration; increases fee, civil penalty.
Summary
Vacant building registration; civil penalty. Increases from $100 to $500 the maximum annual registration fee a locality may charge the owners of certain vacant buildings to defray the cost of processing such registration. The civil penalty for failure to register such vacant building is increased from $200 to $750, and the maximum civil penalty for failure to register in certain conservation and rehabilitation districts or in other areas designated as blighted is increased from $400 to $1,000.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating into HB2745-O'Quinn (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Green
RRepublican
Co
Eric Phillips
RRepublican
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