SB23-148 Summary

• Property owners who remediate illegal methamphetamine drug laboratories and receive certificates of compliance must furnish copies to both the governing body and the Department of Public Health and Environment.

• The Department must create and maintain a public online database of residential properties used as illegal methamphetamine laboratories, effective January 1, 2024, with properties removed five years after compliance certificates are issued.

• Law enforcement agencies and consultants must notify the Department upon discovering an illegal methamphetamine laboratory on residential property, including the address, property owner name, and other required information.

• Properties with remediation in compliance with Article 18.5 of Title 25 are deemed compliant with housing standards for uninhabitable premises, and sellers are not required to disclose prior methamphetamine laboratory use after receiving compliance certificates.

• $74,516 is appropriated to the Department of Public Health and Environment for the 2023-24 fiscal year to implement the bill, including 1.0 FTE position.