HB 804 -- ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE

CO-SPONSORS:  McKenna, Wagner, Abel, Selby, Hollingsworth,
Johnson (90)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Local
Government and Related Matters by a vote of 17 to 0.

This bill allows Greene County and, depending on the 2000 United
States census figures, Jefferson County to enact ordinances to
reduce conditions on property which constitute a public
nuisance.  The ordinances may state that if the owner does not
remove the nuisance within 7 days of notice, the building
commissioner may have the condition eliminated.  Cost will be
certified to the officer in charge of finance and added to the
annual real estate tax bill for that property as a personal debt
of the owner.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that Jefferson County has a problem
with junk and trash.  The bill will allow the county to clean up
these problem areas.

Testifying for the bill was Representative McKenna.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Steve Bauer, Legislative Analyst

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