HB 704 -- LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY

SPONSOR:  Gambaro

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Municipal Corporations by a vote of 11 to 0.

This bill allows the City of St. Louis to have a lien on real
property when it has ordered a person to demolish a dangerous
building on that property and it has paid the person for the
work within 120 days of completing the work.

The bill also requires architects, professional engineers, land
surveyors, and their corporations to be licensed when performing
services directly connected with the erection or repair of a
building or the abatement of dangerous buildings.  Current law
requires architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors
to be registered.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill promotes good
government by eliminating the current time-consuming process of
the City of St. Louis having to recover demolition costs from
property owners.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Gambaro; and City of
St. Louis.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Joseph Deering, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:45 am