HB1808 Summary

• Expands municipal authority to include cities of the second class (in addition to incorporated towns and first-class cities) in regulating unsanitary conditions on properties through ordinances.

• Requires municipalities to prove actions against property owners constitute a serious threat to public health or safety outside the property boundary, and allows non-compliance penalties including denial of improvement subsidies or subsidized flood insurance.

• Shifts lien determination hearings from municipal governing bodies to circuit courts and adds procedures for securing priority clean-up liens through court action rather than administrative process.

• Exempts property owners from liability for violations occurring while property is rented or leased to third parties, unless the renter or lessee caused the violation.

• Reduces the annual cap for grass cutting and weed removal from $1,000 to $100 per year as a priority clean-up lien amount, while maintaining caps of $5,000 for boarding, $7,500 for demolition, and $15,000 for hazardous waste remediation.