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HB 2138 Graffiti abatement; permits localities to charge property owner for cost thereof.

Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Graffiti abatement.  Defines "defacement" to mean the unauthorized application by any means of any writing, painting, drawing, etching, scratching, or marking of an inscription, word, mark, figure, or design of any type.  Permits localities to charge a property owner for the cost or expenses of removing defacement that occurs on a public or private building, wall, fence, or other structure located on an unoccupied property.  Every charge that remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property, but no lien shall be chargeable to the owners of such property unless the locality shall have given a minimum of 15 days notice to the property owner prior to the removal of the defacement.  This bill is identical to SB 1369.


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