Landowners; sale of certain property by locality, tax delinquent property.
Summary
Sale of certain property by locality to adjoining landowners. Provides that, in any instance in which a parcel of real estate is (i) located within an undeveloped common area in a subdivision, (ii) located in a subdivision with a homeowners' association that has been previously dissolved, and (iii) tax delinquent, a locality may, after giving at least 30 days of notice to adjacent property owners, choose to offer for sale such tax delinquent property in whole or in part to adjacent property owners prior to any public auction of the tax delinquent property. The locality may waive any liens associated with the property in order to facilitate the sale and may further waive payment of any past taxes, penalties, and interest with regard to any new owner.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Signed Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 12, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20104419D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
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