Abandoned Property

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Water Utilities Shutoff Protections [SB-710] [Water ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain water utility to temporarily shut off service for reasons of health or safety or in a State or national emergency, notwithstanding certain provisions of law; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service for certain reasons; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service on receipt of certain information; and prohibiting the sale of property solely to enforce a lien imposed for unpaid water, sewer, or sanitary system charges, fees, or assessments except in certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [HB-828] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Community Development ]
Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-676] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Poverty ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to distribute a certain amount of abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include $800,000 in the annual budget for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through on-demand and mobile tax clinics; and requiring certain grant recipients to interact with the CASH Campaign on, at minimum, a quarterly basis each year for a certain purpose.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [SB-647] [Taxes ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis Hearing Canceled on 02/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-510] [Nonprofit ] [Consumer Protection ] [Energy ] [Community Development ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey Referred Economic Matters on 03/08/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [HB-487] [Nonprofit ] [Consumer Protection ] [Energy ] [Community Development ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [HB-451] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Poverty ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to distribute a certain amount of abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include $800,000 in the annual budget for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through on-demand and mobile tax clinics; and requiring certain tax clinics to interact with the CASH campaign to ensure sufficient access to tax preparation services for low-income Maryland residents.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 727 on 05/16/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Homelessness. [SB-1605] [Housing ] [Human Services ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Poverty ] [Real Estate ]
Requires the Homeless Programs Office of the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division of the Department of Human Services to establish a program to acquire abandoned and vacant real properties to house individuals experiencing homelessness. Appropriates moneys.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [HB-2] [Property Tax ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a certain violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant and abandoned property; requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county that enacts a special tax rate to submit a certain report by December 1 each year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 04/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions [HB-243] [Property Tax ] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ]
Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering certain provisions of law concerning abandoned property that is sold for less than the lien amount; altering certain requirements concerning the rate of redemption for owner-occupied properties sold at tax sale; and applying the Act prospectively; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/08/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-138] [Property Tax ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Cities/Remove & Dispose of Abandoned Vessels [SB-465] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Public Safety ]
Cities/Remove & Dispose of Abandoned Vessels

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Sanderson Ch. Sl 2023-27 on 06/02/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Certain Beach Towns/Navigable Waters [HB-449] [Water ] [Environmental ]
Certain Beach Towns/Navigable Waters

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carson Smith Regular Message Sent To Senate on 04/05/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

2023 Appropriations Act [HB-259] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
2023 Appropriations Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donny Lambeth Became Law W/o Signature on 10/03/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-956] [Finance ] [Nonprofit ] [Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by a cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing a cooperative to use this money only to assist members or to donate to charitable organizations; requiring money not expended within 3 years to be considered abandoned property; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/27/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [HB-1276] [Finance ] [Nonprofit ] [Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by a cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing a cooperative to use this money only to assist members or to donate to charitable organizations; requiring money not expended within 3 years to be considered abandoned property; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Escheat Fund Fee Waiver.-AB [HB-182] [Finance ]
Escheat Fund Fee Waiver.-AB

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Lucas Reptd Fav Com Substitute on 04/10/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Unclaimed Property Division Changes.-AB [HB-181] [Property Tax ]
Unclaimed Property Division Changes.-AB

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Lucas Ch. Sl 2023-88 on 07/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding [HB-1050] [Housing ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Property Tax ]
Making permanent a requirement that the Comptroller distribute $14,000,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and making permanent a requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $14,000,000 from the Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1023] [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. Jennifer Terrasa Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023

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