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• <00:04:54.080> or penalty for a PO property owner or penalty for a PO property owner or authorized
• authorized agents of the property owner authorized agents of the property owner who<00:04:56.240
• not clear and and and the property owner not clear and and and the property owner has<00:08:04.120
• Minnesota I and other property owners Minnesota I and other property owners have<00:14:49.639>
• <00:52:32.680> of<00:52:33.040> a manager or an owner of a manager or an owner of a

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard Senate File 558, a bill to create a formal process for removing unauthorized occupants from real property, often described as a “squatters bill.” The author presented an A2 amendment, which was adopted, and explained that the bill would give sheriffs a structured complaint and verification process, allow fees, provide immunity when the process is followed, and impose civil remedies for wrongful removal and criminal penalties for false complaints. The bill also includes a provision on holdover situations, clarifying that certain unauthorized guests of tenants are unlawful occupants rather than tenants, and a use-of-excess-force provision was mentioned. Supporters said the measure is intended to give property owners and law enforcement a clearer, faster, and more consistent way to handle situations where people occupy property without a lawful basis, especially in rural or seasonal properties and in some landlord-tenant disputes. Senator Uty read a letter from Hubbard County Sheriff Corey Oas describing recurring problems with rental issues, couch hopping, and subletting without landlord knowledge, and a testifier from Pine Island described several local examples of prolonged and costly occupancy disputes, including a restaurant tenant who stopped paying rent and a rural property trespass incident. Committee members in support emphasized the need to balance tenant rights with property rights and to avoid leaving sheriffs to make ad hoc decisions. Michael D. from Homeline opposed the bill, arguing that existing trespass and harassment restraining order laws already address unlawful occupants and that the proposal creates due process concerns by allowing removal without a court hearing. He also warned that the bill’s definition of unlawful occupant could jeopardize oral leases, which are allowed under Minnesota law. In response, supporters said the bill is meant to distinguish true landlord-tenant relationships from trespass situations and to provide a workable process consistent with Minnesota law. At the end of the discussion, the chair announced that Senate File 558 would be laid over for possible inclusion. He also said Senate File 222 would be laid over, Senate File 559 would be moved with a recommendation to pass to the Judiciary Committee, and the fourth bill on the agenda was informational only.

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• We do have in the legislation that property owners, all property owners, must be contacted.
• Property owners, all property owners, must be contacted.
• But then all property owners are impacted by this as well. We're including all property owners.
• But then all property owners are impacted by this as well. We're including all property owners.
• owners are impacted by this as well. owners are impacted by this as well.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 774, the Cost, Fines, and Fees Reporting Act, which would require data collection and reporting on criminal and traffic-related costs, fines, fees, interest, and late fees in Kentucky. Vice Chair Decker said the bill is intended to improve transparency and accountability, not to change collection policy. A representative from Reason Foundation supported the measure, saying policymakers need reliable data on legal financial obligations. Representative Marzian asked whether the bill would help enforce collection, and Decker replied that it is only a study/data bill. During roll call, some members raised concerns about funding, but Decker said Kentucky Stats already has the staff and systems in place. The bill passed favorably with 18 yes votes, no no votes, and two pass votes. The committee then took up House Bill 542, relating to eminent domain and declared an emergency, and adopted a committee substitute before hearing testimony. The sponsor described the bill as the product of extensive revisions and said it was aimed at improving notice, communication, transparency, and fairness in condemnation proceedings. He said property owners would have to be notified by certified mail or hand delivery, with sworn proof if delivery failed, and that condemning authorities could not make false or misleading statements during negotiations. A guest, Stephanie Barnett, described problems in her own eminent domain experience, including notices going to the wrong address and learning after the fact that people had been on her property. Members generally supported the bill as a fairness measure. It passed the committee substitute unanimously, 20-0. Finally, Representatives Flannery and Whitaker presented House Bill 563, a DUI-related measure intended to reduce deaths and injuries caused by repeat drunk drivers. They said the bill would apply to a fourth DUI offense within 10 years and would place a two-year restriction on alcohol sales, marked on the person’s license or ID, with the goal of both public safety and encouraging treatment. Flannery cited the death of his mother by a repeat drunk driver and shared statistics on fatal crashes and the economic costs of drunk driving. The committee began discussion on the bill, but the transcript cuts off before any vote or final action is shown.

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• individual notice to the property owner. individual notice to the property owner.
• notices to the individual property owner notices to the individual property owner is<00:16:18.639
• Is it true that not all voters are property owners? Correct.
• > seven property owner owners only given seven property owner owners only given seven days<00:43:
• disposed of or thing um if the the owner disposed of or thing um if the the owner if<02:39:11.439

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , truckers, sawmills, and uh land owners, truckers, sawmills, and uh land owners, but<00:45:07.920
• New Hampshire Timberland Owners New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.<01:09:36.080> We
• > sawmills, owners, loggers, foresters, sawmills, owners, loggers, foresters, sawmills, and<01
• owner for doing anything with the sign. owner for doing anything with the sign. um<01:44:56.639>
• If the land owner sells and the new land owner says, "I don't want the sign on my property.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration. Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.

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• waste facility owners. waste facility owners.
• You know, and I have to say too, as a pet owner myself who has boarded my pet, you try as much as you
• They told the owners when they came home, but they didn't know the dog was sick and there was nothing
• He said it would also be good for people boarding animals to have owners sign something regarding the
• We have over 30,000 customer owners.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up a Senate message on HB 179, relative to hazardous waste accident fees. Members reviewed the Senate amendment, which would cap the daily non-payment penalty at no more than $1,000 per day and limit the cumulative penalty to 25% of the cost, with no additional daily penalty if the responsible party is following an agreed payment plan. Members discussed the change from the committee’s earlier version, which had allowed penalties up to 100% of the damages, and agreed the revised language was reasonable. The committee voted to concur with the Senate amendment and indicated the bill could be placed on consent. The committee then recessed SB 302, requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners, because a late request for an additional change had not yet been fully reviewed. It next voted on SB 229, relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat. Supporters said the bill would expand retail access to these meats, support New Hampshire farms, and improve food security. Members also noted the Department of Agriculture did not object, that the bill would remove a sunset and keep more workable inspection rules in place, and that the animals involved are largely from closed herds. The committee voted unanimously to pass SB 229 and agreed to place it on consent. Finally, the committee considered SB 50, establishing a committee to study the regulation of private animal boarding facilities. Members described disturbing testimony about missing, injured, or dead dogs and the lack of clear oversight, licensing, or even a reliable list of kennels in the state. They discussed possible study topics including licensing, inspection authority, standards, penalties, and protections for both pet owners and boarding operators, including disclosure of medical conditions. The committee voted unanimously to pass SB 50 and also agreed to place it on consent. After the executive sessions, the committee heard a presentation from the New Hampshire Food Alliance on the state’s first food and agriculture strategic plan, introduced by director Nicole Cardwell, with participation from advisory committee members including Rep. Bixby and Commissioner Sean Jasper.

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• <00:29:53.919> and balance between land owners and balance between land owners and endangered
• favoring the land owner, especially the wealthy<00:30:06.159> land<00:30:06.399> owner.
• wealthy land owner. wealthy land owner.
• <00:44:24.400> as<00:44:24.560> well owner and property owner rights as well owner
• are ways to to easily find land owners are ways to to easily find land owners and<01:29:22.719><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• non-compliant owners onto everyone else. non-compliant owners onto everyone else.
• the costs on to other property owners. the costs on to other property owners.
• , monthly assessments to all owners, monthly assessments to all owners, including<00:23:20.080>
• owners a the democratic process. owners a the democratic process.
• We review owners and associations.

Bills: SF1750, HF704, HF3479

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• Without an owner to sign this form, notices of taxes due will be mailed to the street address of the
• So we've got cemeteries, clearly cemeteries, and there's no identifiable owner in some cases.
• Affecting taxing units must notify the top 20 property owners of the reporting obligation by July 1st
• Property owners must then submit their uncontested tax value by August 7th or within 21 days of their
• Does what the owner is willing to pay say, "Hey, look, I think this is fair.

Bills: HB511, HB972, HB 1035, HB2481, HB2723, HB2742, HB2894, HB2962, HB3077, HB3093, HB3307, HB3684, HJR67, HJR72

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, caregiver exemption, Medicaid, long-term services, tax relief, assisted living, housing support, property tax exemption, caregiver support, residence homestead, tax exemption, unpaid caregiver, state tax code, property tax, caregiver, waiting list, intellectual disability, developmental disability, ad valorem tax, family support

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• and mobile home owners.
• , mobile home owners, manufacturers, and others.
• that fee increase to the mobile home owners.
• So is assessed, you said, to the park owner? Park owner, do they pass that cost on to... okay.
• Hello, I'm Diane Pimentel, and I am a manufactured home owner, also known as mobile home owner, and sometimes

Summary: The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote. The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only. Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.

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• The property owners saw the full cash value jump up substantially from previous years, but the limited
• And, you know, the only thing a property owner can appeal is the full cash value.
• The property tax owner is not going to experience, if it was ruled in favor of the assessor or if it
• ruled in favor of the property owner, their LPV would not change.
• . 100% of the property, even if you have a spouse or another co-owner of your property.

Bills: HB2120, HB2173, HB2261, HB2786, HB2792

Keywords: property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes, property tax, electronic communication, tax assessment, tax correction, real estate, agriculture, tax classification, land use, nonprofit organizations, transaction privilege tax, tax exemption, textbook rental, education, business leasing

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• And then the owner of the storage facility has to deal with it.
• We ask that you vote no on SB 386 and protect the owners and the public. Thank you.
• And when these sales happen, these lien sales, the owner-operator is not...
• And this bill gives the storage owner, unit owner, the option to use a website in order to advertise.
• It still allows a property owner to make a choice.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee considered a long agenda of claims bills, housing and business measures, and court-administration legislation. It reported favorably several claims bills, including SB 20 for J.N., a minor, SB 14 for the estate of Pennial Janvier, SB 10 for Sidney Holmes, SB 8 for Marcus Button, SB 22 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, and SB 26 for Kristen and Leah McIntosh. Members also approved SB 520 on curators of estates, SB 386 on self-storage lien-sale notices, SB 362 on reusable tenant screening reports, SB 316 creating series LLCs in Florida, and SB 1650 and SB 1652 on vexatious litigants and related public-records issues. SB 248, expanding eligibility for private school and homeschool students to participate in FHSAA sports at public schools, also passed after amendment. Most of the claims bills were described as settled cases with amounts above sovereign-immunity limits, and several senators spoke in support of compensating victims of catastrophic injury or wrongful conviction. SB 10 drew comments about the 34 years Sidney Holmes spent incarcerated after a wrongful conviction, and SB 8 prompted discussion about the long delay in resolving Marcus Button’s injuries from a 2006 school-bus crash. SB 26 was presented as an uncontested claim arising from a DACS employee’s fatal crash that severely injured two teenage girls, and the committee adopted an amendment placing funds for the minor claimant into trust. The policy bills drew more substantive debate. SB 386 would let self-storage operators use websites instead of newspaper ads for lien-sale notices, with newspaper representatives opposing the change and storage-industry witnesses supporting modernization and lower costs. SB 362 would let renters reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, with the sponsor saying it would reduce repeated application fees. SB 316 would authorize series LLCs while adding record-keeping protections, and SB 1650/1652 would broaden Florida’s vexatious-litigant rules and create a public-records exemption for certain stricken filings. SB 248 passed over concerns from private-school and public-education witnesses about instructional time, funding, and fairness in athletic participation. All measures were reported favorably, with recorded votes ranging from 7-2 on SB 248 to unanimous or near-unanimous support on the other bills.

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• And so, the provisions of this bill are very important for me as a former business owner.
• . owner. owner.
• With the A7, we contractors and owners.
• I am now a second-generation owner, leading CDI as a certified woman-owned small business.
• the public owners and the general<00:21:39.360> contractors.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The bill used a different set of legal words for owner, fee owner, and some of that.
• What's a fee owner as opposed to the owner?
• <00:48:49.520> Owner<00:48:49.839> or fee owner, and some of that.
• Owner or fee owner, and some of that.
• owner as opposed to the owner? owner as opposed to the owner?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I do not believe that any editor of a paper or owner of a paper would purposely not do it.
• I do not believe that any editor of a paper or owner of a paper would purposely not do it.
• I do not believe that any editor of a paper or owner of a paper would purposely not do it.
• I do not believe that any editor of a paper or owner of a paper would purposely not do it.
• they did say that the newspaper owner they did say that the newspaper owner had<00:17:36.160>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• land owners of that county, taxpayers. land owners of that county, taxpayers.
• legislation to protect property owners. legislation to protect property owners.
• give advanced notice to property owners give advanced notice to property owners to<01:20:16.159>
• work together to ensure property owners work together to ensure property owners are<01:20:58.320
• protecting the property owners. protecting the property owners.

Keywords: This meeting was split into two parts due to a technical issue. This is the complete meeting pulled from backups. Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:01 24RS HB198: “Angela’s Law”: 00:01:22 KRS Chapter 202C: 00:11:50 Eminent Domain: 00:54:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, then took up House Bill 198, Angela’s Law, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Heavrin and the victim’s parents described the underlying case and argued the current law does not adequately account for postmortem sexual abuse, leaving the offender parole-eligible despite the family’s view that the conduct warranted harsher punishment. Several members expressed sympathy and support, and one member suggested the proposal should be drafted carefully so it would apply broadly enough to cover co-conspirators or multiple offenders. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided. The committee then heard an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that Chapter 202C, enacted in 2021 to close a gap in the civil-commitment statutes, applies to respondents found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with qualifying serious offenses such as capital offenses, certain Class A and Class B felonies causing death or serious injury, rape in the first degree, or sodomy in the first degree. The process begins with a Commonwealth’s petition, followed by a prompt evidentiary hearing, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and then a commitment hearing if the offense is proven. The presenters outlined the procedural standards and recent statutory changes. At the evidentiary hearing, the Commonwealth must prove the charged offense by a preponderance of the evidence before a judge, with the respondent able to present defenses; if the Commonwealth fails, the respondent must be released. If the case proceeds, the commitment hearing requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one involuntary-commitment criterion, and the hearing may be before a jury if requested. They noted that a 2024 amendment changed the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and added language about recent criminal behavior and prior involuntary hospitalizations under Chapters 202A or 202B. If commitment is ordered, the respondent is placed in a designated forensic psychiatric facility, currently KCPC.

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• I mean, these small business owners are our friends.
• And business owners have a hard time doing it themselves.
• Most business owners who do their own websites and don't use an agency like us...
• I'm just trying to figure out if I was the owner of a business or owner of an entity in charge of an
• And, A business owner that could not be here today with St.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Many property owners rely on contractors to know what type of work is allowed under the law and what
• reputable competitors and the land owner reputable competitors and the land owner is<00:02:38.800
• makes them aware many Property Owners makes them aware many Property Owners rely<00:02:46.200>
• action against both the property owner action against both the property owner and<00:03:29.599><
• contractor however if the property owner contractor however if the property owner appropriately<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The Safe Neighborhoods Act is designed to give property owners a structured narrow avenue of recourse
• And the property owner either needs to mitigate that by expending dollars to restore their property.
• This is just when the government is ignoring its responsibility so completely that the property owner
• or other property owners who have to put up with that.
• It's really a heads up to municipalities to say, 'Hey, business owners, really do need you to enforce

Bills: HB3002, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3419, HB3463, HB3919, HB3985, HB4303

Keywords: counties, county officers, education, training, sunset law, county purchasing, procurement practices, budget management, public accountability, emergency procurement, reverse auction, bidding process, competitive bidding, public procurement, city council regulations, public works, bidding procedures, construction contracts, transparency, public trust

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• I'm a veterinarian and partner owner in several veterinary practices here in Florida.
• But pet owners are desperate for help, and their voice has prevailed.
• I'm Steve Cook with the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association.
• Association, as well as I am an owner. I've seen some of you before.
• I'm a Marion County farm owner. Employer, trainer, horse owner. I am here as a representative.

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• VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC WHICH IS NOT BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC NOR THE OWNER.
• WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON SB 386 AND PROTECT THE OWNERS IN THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.
• ONE OF OUR OWNERS GOT A QUOTE FROM THE MIAMI HERALD THAT WAS IN EXCESS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS.
• CHAIRMAN THIS BILL GIVES THE STORAGE OWNER UNIT OWNER THE OPTION TO USE A WEBSITE IN ORDER TO ADVERTISE
• IT STILL ALLOWS A PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE A CHOICE IT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all