Bill > A5545

Introduced Session

This bill provides that a municipal ordinance requiring an inspection or municipal transfer approval, as defined in the bill, is to be inapplicable to an involuntary real property transfer whether prior to or following the transfer, except as otherwise provided in the bill. The bill provides that the owner of a property acquired by an involuntary real property transfer, as defined in the bill, is to be exempt from the enforcement of a local ordinance concerning buildings and structures and their occupancy and use, housing, zoning, and property maintenance for the later of: (1) a period of 90 days following the transfer; or (2) if the owner has a civil action pending in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover possession of the property, a period of 90 days following the date the owner recovers possession of the property. The bill provides that nothing in the bill is to preclude a municipality from abating a violation and placing a lien on a property subject to an involuntary real property transfer as permitted by law. The bill also provides that a municipal ordinance requiring a municipal transfer approval prior to a transfer of real property is to be implemented as requiring issuance of a temporary transfer approval, not to exceed 90 days, if certain provisions are met, as enumerated in the bill. The provisions of the bill are to preempt any law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation adopted by the governing body of a county or municipality concerning buildings and structures and their occupancy and use, housing, zoning, and property maintenance to the extent it is inconsistent with the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides that notwithstanding the provisions of any law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation of a county, county health department, health agency, or board of health concerning water tests, a water test is not to be required of a property subject to an involuntary real property transfer.

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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*,  Benjie Wimberly (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 06/05/2023)

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