Abandoned Property
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Stream Maintenance. [HB-211]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Requires the counties to remove and dispose of personal property as part of the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a channel, streambed, streambank, or drainageways for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned property which may be disposed of by the State or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
The Committee(s) On Jha Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/27/2025
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Gettr Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Stream Maintenance. [SB-366]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a public stream or tributary for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall become abandoned property which the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall dispose of.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
The Committee On Wtl Deferred The Measure. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions [SB-192]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; requiring a county or municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property when the taxes consist only of a lien for unpaid water and sewer service; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering the contents of certain statements required to be sent to an owner of property subject to tax sale; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Project Restore Program - Establishment [HB-90]
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[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing the Department to distribute Program funds to certain place-based community development organizations and units of local governments; requiring certain recipients of Program funds to distribute subgrants to certain qualified entities; and specifying the eligible uses of Program funds.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax – Tax Sales – Revisions [HB-59]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property; requiring that certain owner-occupied property and certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property be withheld from tax sale; requiring each county to establish a registry for interested parties or the Tax Sale Ombudsman to designate property to be withheld from tax sale; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to assist each county in creating and maintaining the registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Project Restore Program - Establishment [SB-235]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing the Department to distribute Program funds to certain place-based community development organizations and units of local governments; requiring certain recipients of Program funds to distribute subgrants to certain qualified entities; and specifying the eligible uses of Program funds.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-1142]
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[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Comptroller, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to distribute $500,000 from the remaining net abandoned property funds after certain distributions to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget, for fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter, an appropriation of $800,000 for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through certain on-demand and mobile tax clinics; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 804 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County – Property Taxes – Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [HB-1477]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to set a special property tax rate for a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Property Taxes - Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-1119]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to set a special property tax rate for a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development – Continuing the CORE Partnership Fund – Extension [HB-1334]
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[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the termination of the Continuing the CORE Partnership Fund; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter of $50,000,000 to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George’s County – Enforcement of Local Vacant Property Laws [HB-1142]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain local laws related to the maintenance of a vacant dwelling or building owned by a business entity by imposing certain civil and criminal fines and penalties of certain amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1114]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program and Fund – Established [HB-1090]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program to provide financial assistance in the form of loans to political subdivisions to support the purchase and renovation of HUD dollar homes and abandoned residential properties for resale to low-to moderate-income buyers; and establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistance in the form of loans under the provisions of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Maryland 529 Program – Exemption [HB-1150]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Exempting certain accounts under the Maryland 529 Program from the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 145 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [SB-992]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Conversion of Commercial Buildings for Residential Use - Report [SB-906]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each political subdivision to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before January 1, 2025; requiring political subdivision to update the report every 2 years; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a database of vacant commercial buildings in the State that have the potential to be converted for residential use; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Abandoned Cemetery - Acquisition and Disposition [SB-836]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Real Estate ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determined or the organization established to operate the cemetery no longer exists; and authorizing the county commissioners to transfer the property acquired by purchase or condemnation to a nonprofit organization that agrees to preserve the historical nature of the property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Abandoned Cemetery - Acquisition and Disposition [HB-870]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determined or the organization established to operate the cemetery no longer exists; and authorizing the county commissioners to transfer the property acquired by purchase or condemnation to a nonprofit organization that enters into a certain agreement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Grossman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Maryland 529 Program – Exemption [SB-800]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Exempting certain accounts under the Maryland 529 Program from the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 146 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Taxation of Vacant Property, Certification of Company Representatives, and Short-Term Rentals [SB-779]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass of real property consisting of certain vacant residential property; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2024