AL SB276

Authorizes the City of Alabaster to designate an enforcing official to identify plant-related public nuisances and serve written notice to property owners requiring abatement within 14 days (or up to 28 days for difficult cases)

Property owners may request a hearing before an administrative official within 5 days of receiving notice; hearings are open to the public and decisions must be rendered within 5 days of conclusion

Owners may appeal administrative decisions to circuit court within 10 days by filing a notice of appeal and bond for security of costs

If owners fail to abate nuisances within the required timeframe, the city may enter the property and perform abatement, then assess costs including labor, equipment, postage, administrative, and legal expenses against the property

Abatement costs become a "weed lien" on the property, collected through regular property tax bills and subject to the same foreclosure procedures as delinquent ad valorem taxes; effective October 1, 2026