HB340 Summary

• Authorizes municipalities to adopt alternate ordinance procedures to declare overgrown grass or weeds a public nuisance, applicable only after a prior abatement procedure and weed lien have been filed on the same property under existing law.

• Allows municipalities to assess reasonable abatement costs as a weed lien following alternate procedures, collected in the same manner as existing weed lien procedures under Section 11-67-66.

• Permits municipalities to assess abatement costs against property purchased by the State of Alabama or at tax sale, with liens remaining unaffected by subsequent redemption or state sales.

• Exempts Class 7 municipalities and any municipalities that had already adopted alternate weed abatement procedures prior to this act's effective date.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval or upon otherwise becoming law.