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SSB 1247
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 19, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 19, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides for the establishment of land banks. Division I of the bill authorizes one or more municipalities to establish a land bank as a method to address dilapidated, abandoned, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties in their communities. An established land bank is a public agency for the purpose of joint exercise of governmental powers and is a government body for purposes of the public meetings and public records requirements of Code chapters and 22. Land banks are subject to periodic examination by the auditor of state under Code chapter 11.
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The bill sets membership requirements and term limits for a board of directors of a land bank, including interests that shall be represented on the board. The bill requires the board to establish bylaws relating to governance of the land bank. Division I of the bill grants a land bank various powers and duties, including the authority to acquire properties through certain procedures. However, the bill explicitly prohibits a land bank from possessing or exercising the power of eminent domain. The bill establishes financing procedures that govern land banks. The bill provides procedures for removing encumbrances on acquired property, including the extinguishing of tax liens and the use of an expedited quiet title action. The bill provides procedures for disposing of property that is acquired by the land bank. The bill also provides procedures for dissolving a land bank. _____ conform with land bank procedures established in Division I of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 19, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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