CO SB052

Requires county treasurers to accept municipal nuisance abatement assessment liens for collection if a municipality follows specified recording and certification procedures.

Municipality must file a notice of lien with the county clerk and recorder within four months of abating a nuisance.

Municipality must certify the unpaid assessment amount to the county treasurer within one year of filing the notice of lien.

County treasurers shall collect unpaid assessments using the same procedures as other tax collection, including a ten percent penalty for collection costs.

Act takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly, or on the date of official declaration if subject to a referendum petition and approved by voters in November 2024.