HB99 lets Class 2 municipalities, including Mobile, authorize the mayor to directly abate repeat overgrown grass and weed nuisances on properties previously abated, with the cost treated as a lien on the property.
The city council may adopt procedures allowing the mayor or a designee to act without a council resolution to abate repeat nuisances on properties that have been abated within the last three years, using the existing nuisance-abatement framework. Before abatement, the city must send a 10-day notice by regular mail to the last known address informing the owner that the property is a nuisance, that it has been previously abated, that the current abatement cost will be a special assessment and lien, and that the owner may remove the nuisance at their own expense before city crews arrive. The act takes effect immediately after the Governor signs it.
Forwarded to Governor on April 30, 2015 at 2:05 p.m. on April 30, 2015.
Assigned Act No. 2015-115.
Clerk of the House Certification
Enrolled
Signature Requested
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation, Mobile County
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 343
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Mobile County Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature