Bill Title: Vacant and abandoned housing. Provides that a county, city, or town fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to establish a deduction period for rehabilitated property that has also been determined to be abandoned or vacant. Specifies that there must be delinquent property taxes or special assessments on real property before it may be sold by the county treasurer as abandoned or vacant property. Provides that an order of a local building standards hearing authority that real property is abandoned or vacant and nonpayment of the associated penalty permits the executive of the county, city, or town to certify to the

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-06 - Public Law 247 [SB0415 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator James Merritt [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jeff Raatz [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Eric Bassler [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Broden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jean Breaux [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Greg Taylor [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elizabeth Brown [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Clere [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Richard Hamm [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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