AL HB517

Class 3 municipalities may adopt ordinances to declare overgrown grass and weeds a public nuisance using procedures different from those in Alabama Code Section 11-67-60 et seq.

Abatement costs shall be assessed and collected as a weed lien following the procedures established in Alabama Code Section 11-67-66.

Municipalities may assess abatement costs against properties purchased by the State of Alabama or at tax sale, including properties subsequently redeemed or resold by the state.

Property redeemers or state purchasers take title subject to any weed lien assessments levied before or after the tax sale, and such redemption or resale does not discharge the municipality's lien.

The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.