H.B. No. 482 Summary

• Shortens the notice period for subsidized housing public nuisance abatement from 60 to 30 days before a claim can be brought, and reduces the hearing timeline from 28 to 14 days after service of complaint.

• Reduces the compliance timeline for public nuisance injunctions from 30 to 14 days for building owners to comply with court orders.

• Shortens the notice period for blighted parcels from 60 to 30 days before a lienholder can remediate conditions or the municipal corporation proceeds to foreclose.

• Modifies foreclosure proceedings for properties with building receiverships under nuisance abatement actions to prioritize receiver-issued notes and expenses in the distribution of sale proceeds.

• Declares the act an emergency measure due to dangerous conditions caused by nuisance and blighted properties, making it effective immediately upon passage.