HB598 Alabama 2010 Session
Bill Summary
Under existing law, a municipality, pursuant to certain specified procedures, may declare overgrown grass and weeds to be a public nuisance and provide for the abatement of the nuisance and the assessment of costs of the abatement against the owner of the property
This bill would authorize the municipal governing body to adopt by municipal ordinance alternative procedures to provide for overgrown grass and weeds to be declared to be a public nuisance and provide for the abatement of the nuisance
Relating to municipalities; to add Section 11-67-60.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the municipal governing body of a municipality to adopt alternate procedures for overgrown grass and weeds to be declared to be a public nuisance and to provide for the abatement of the nuisance.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2010 | Further Consideration | |
| April 22, 2010 | Smitherman request Carry Over to the Call of the Chair Granted | |
| April 22, 2010 | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair | |
| March 23, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs | |
| March 30, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| March 23, 2010 | Engrossed | |
| March 23, 2010 | McLaughlin intended to vote Yea | |
| March 23, 2010 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 | |
| March 23, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 652 | |
| March 23, 2010 | Scott Amendment Offered | |
| March 23, 2010 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 25, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| February 18, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
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| Bill Text | HB598 Alabama 2010 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB598 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced |