Public Act No. 23-33 Summary

• Reduces the population threshold for municipalities to file receiver petitions for blighted building rehabilitation from 35,000 to 15,000 residents, effective October 1, 2023.

• Expands municipal blight regulation authority to include commercial real property (previously limited to housing), with civil penalties of up to $150/day for occupied properties and $250/day for vacant properties, escalating to $1,000/day for third violations within 12 months.

• Increases littering fines from $199 to $500 maximum, with municipalities able to assess additional administrative penalties up to $500 for litter including furniture or discarded items.

• Requires municipalities to send copies of demolition or disposal notices and cost notices to lienholders of record via first class mail to their current or last-known address.

• Modifies nuisance abatement procedures for tenement houses to remove requirements that mortgagees and lienors be served with receiver appointment court orders.