MO SB575

Repeals and replaces section 67.402, RSMo to expand which counties may enact nuisance abatement ordinances, adding a new category for first classification counties with populations between 260,000 and 300,000 inhabitants.

Authorizes specified counties to enact ordinances addressing nuisance conditions including rubbish, trash, derelict vehicles and equipment, broken furniture, and overgrown weeds in residential areas that endanger public safety or health.

Requires nuisance abatement ordinances to define nuisance conditions, establish inspector duties, provide notice procedures, and allow hearings before the county commission with at least ten days' written notice to affected parties.

Permits counties to perform nuisance removal themselves if owners fail to abate within seven days, with removal costs certified as a special tax bill or added to annual real estate tax bills and collected like delinquent taxes.

Excludes agricultural structures, agricultural operations, and railroad companies regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration from nuisance abatement ordinance provisions.