STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 61	By:	Fields

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to cities and towns; prescribing procedures for municipalities with regard to expenses related to cleaning, remediation or abatement; providing for inclusion of unpaid expenses in billing for property tax purposes; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 17-116 of Title 11, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
If a municipality expends funds for the purpose of cleaning, remediating or abating a nuisance with respect to property owned by a person who has been absent from the property for a period of time determined by the municipality pursuant to the charter provisions or the ordinances of the municipality, the amount expended shall become a liability that the municipality may report to the county treasurer of the county in which the property is located.  Upon request of the municipality, the unpaid expense shall be included in the property tax billing prepared for the owner by the county treasurer.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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