HB 1118 Summary

• Allows community organizations within specific geographic boundaries to bring civil actions to abate or enjoin nuisances under general nuisance law, indecent nuisance law, and drug nuisance law, without interfering with private individuals' rights to bring such actions.

• Adds the attorney general to the list of officials authorized to bring drug nuisance actions, making enforcement authority consistent with indecent nuisance law.

• Reduces advance notice requirement for community organizations filing unsafe building civil actions from 60 days to 30 days and eliminates requirement to notify the enforcement authority.

• Allows community organizations to initiate civil actions under unsafe building law even when enforcement authority has filed an action, but prohibits actions after enforcement authority issues a final order of completion.

• Permits courts to award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and litigation expenses to the prevailing party in actions brought by community organizations.

• Effective July 1, 2010.