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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This is about government's role is to protect people's property rights.
- Bill 2688 requires the ADOA to collect a list of each budget unit's FTE positions that have been vacant
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I can double... to get 50% off of their property taxes to get 50% off of their property taxes and<00:
- The initial question that was talking about a property tax break for rental property, that's another
- This bill is focused on vacant properties and underutilized properties, so it would be focused on conversion
- commercial properties.
- commercial properties.
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, income tax, tax brackets, tax adjustments, Minnesota, tax policy, underutilized buildings, adaptive reuse, building conversion, historic preservation, downtown revitalization, vacant property, vacancy reduction, refundable tax credit, income tax credit, grant in lieu of credit
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- the unmarried... ...death and if the name of the unmarried widow or widower is on the deed of the property
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, property tax relief, widow, widower, unremarried spouse, surviving spouse, senior exemption, elderly, disabled, permanently and totally disabled, blind taxpayer, deed ownership, principal residence, school tax, county tax, municipal tax, Alabama Department of Revenue
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Strategic Transformation Task Force to study the feasibility of expropriating and redeveloping certain vacant
- and blighted properties in New Orleans East.
- because we don't want any illegal takings, and I know how this body is around the takings of private property
- This body is around the takings of private property for eminent domain purposes.
- toward the replacement of lead pipes that have already been identified on the private side of the property
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- a district committee, if one is organized, to submit the lists of candidates for appointment to a vacant
- we have a lot of experiences where a list of names is submitted sometimes for offices that aren't vacant
- and requires a COA or an HOA to maintain a true and accurate record of accounts for each unit or property
- half of the members were going to continue to experience water damage and damage their personal property
- I am the president at City Property Management Company.
Bills:
SB1246 , SB1338 , SB1428 , SB1443 , SB1501 , SB1566 , SB1571 , SB1645 , SB1646 , SB1663 , SB1688 , SB1805 , SB1808 , SB1825 , SCR1023 , SCR1029 , HB2079 , HB2080 , HB2130 , HB2239 , HB2324 , HB2375 , HB2610 , HB2619 , HB2620 , HB2716 , HB2745 , HB2749 , HB2837 , HB2857 , HB2968 , HB4064 , HB4066 , HB4087 , HB4130 , HCR2048 , HCR2058
Keywords:
homeowners associations, foreclosure, common expense liens, condominiums, special assessments, unit owner, public benefits, eligibility, immigration status, documentation, Arizona law, noise pollution, environmental nuisances, building permits, urban development, public health, administrative procedure, regulatory rights, small businesses, state agencies
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Urban and Rural Development
Committee:
House Urban and Rural Development
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
land bank, land bank authority, local land bank authority, Alabama Land Bank Authority, tax delinquent property, tax sale, tax lien, redemption period, quiet title, blight remediation, vacant property, foreclosure, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, intergovernmental agreement, county government, municipal government, redevelopment, brownfields, floodplain management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 294 would amend Chapter 217 of the Local Government Code and Chapter 202 of the Property Code
- So at the time of sale, there may be restrictions placed on that property that go with the property,
- We're just trying to keep things tidy and, uh, in order for, uh, maximizing property values.
- Try to get, you know, high density in Houston because property is expensive and that results in, in,
- So, um, a lot of these are on private property, right?
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
Keywords:
food production, property owners' association, home gardening, cottage food, urban agriculture, livestock, community standards, renewable energy, ethanol, biodiesel, incentives, agriculture, grants, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, energy efficiency, tax exemption, residential properties
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- DOC has eliminated 430 full-time employee positions, and in spite of that, they still have 1,100 vacant
- Employee positions, and in spite of that, they still have 1,100 vacant DOC positions, so it's clearly
- crimes, because they're all serious, but if you're going to prison, you know, the crimes against property
- that have been vacant for at least 150 days and include that information in the annual FTE report.
- The bill requires a budget unit to eliminate any positions within the budget unit that have been vacant
Bills:
SB1001 , SB1035 , SB1056 , SB1065 , SB1138 , SB1161 , SB1204 , SB1207 , SB1248 , SB1274 , SB1284 , SCM1002 , SCM1006 , SCR1020
Keywords:
appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, state budget, private prisons
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Apr 16th, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- This problem isn't with service providers; it's with property owners, some landlords.
- Getting broadband to MDU properties, I think Chairman Morales, sorry, said sometimes can be a matter
- The incentives at that level for a multifamily property owner to want... to upgrade access to Wi-Fi.
- Are there competitive pressures that are brought to bear in those properties, like you might have in
- a class A where you're chasing higher income, and properties have to compete with amenities like pools
Committee:
House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Keywords:
telecommunications, local exchange companies, universal service fund, rate maintenance, business expansion, broadband access, internet service, multiunit residential properties, urban areas, affordability programs, fiber-optic cables, public land, construction permits, environmental impact, notification requirements, municipal projects, infrastructure, facility relocation, public right-of-way
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill requires the director of human resources development to abolish vacant positions within state
- departments and agencies under its jurisdiction that have been vacant for more than 5 years, with certain
- Um, but I just want to note that we caution the legislature to broadly abolish vacant positions because
- Um, I'd also like to note that we've been advocating for years that vacant position money be used to
- They don't have a property right to their position.
Bills:
SB2543 , SB2014 , SB2115 , SB3095 , SB3264 , SB2114 , SB2117 , SB2246 , SB2519 , SB3055 , SB3131 , SB3144
Committee:
House Labor
Keywords:
state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies
HI
Committee:
House Labor
Keywords:
reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:07:33.800><c> stays</c> sure that your property stays sure that your property stays uh<00:07:
- properties out.
- owners who agree to rent the property owners who agree to rent their<00:10:43.400><c> properties</c>
- </c> their properties out. their properties out.
- ,</c><01:20:23.240><c> reducing</c> their investment property, reducing their investment property, reducing
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
travel insurance, regulation, insurance licensing, consumer protection, travel assistance, short-term rental, vacation rental, home sharing, rental marketplace, online platform, property damage guarantee, damage waiver, reimbursement insurance, insurance regulation, commerce department, platform user, Airbnb, Vrbo, host protection, rental home marketplace
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- No, I mean, it's dealing with first-party property casualty... Right?
- And in some instances, there is not a set price on a piece of property.
- Louisiana's unclaimed property law simply does not address these assets.
- It adds the same for residential vacant property.
- It adds the same for residential vacant property. I want to thank in advance Rep.
Keywords:
home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, utility, reimbursement, overcharges, consumer protection, economic relief, hidden fees, junk fees, drip pricing, price transparency, mandatory fees, surcharges, unfair trade practices, advertising disclosures, total price, service fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- where they're located, and so the property just sits there.
- taken it back because of property taxes.
- vacant.
- No, so the city will, if we had a... ...vacant buildings.
- owner that came in and voluntarily listed it as vacant.
Bills:
HB293 , HB 1173 , HB3753 , HB4999 , HB5696 , SB2145 , HB5689 , HB5690 , HB5694 , HB5698 , HB293
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB 293, Texas housing tax credits, low-income housing, affordable housing, private activity bonds, PAB, qualified allocation plan, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, state representative objection, housing development approval, municipal notice, county commissioners court, extraterritorial jurisdiction, LIHTC, bond-financed housing, homelessness, housing services, Texas Department of Housing, municipal programs
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- On line 34 is another tribal property tax exemption for a property in Cook County.
- On line 34 is another tribal property tax exemption for a property in Cook County.
- Article two deals with property taxes. Article two is the property tax article.
- Article two deals with property taxes. Article two is the property tax article.
- </c> property tax exemption for property property tax exemption for property located<00:37:18.040><c>
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
solid waste management, resource management account, environmental fund, taxation, Minnesota statutes, homestead, property tax, classification, disability, resort properties, recreational use, commercial property, tax refund, estimated tax, interest on refunds, income tax, corporate franchise tax, S corporation, partnership, corporation
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- of blighted or derelict properties.
- the property, and that adds value to the property.
- taxes, or they have less $10,000 dollars of property taxes to pay on that property.
- It stays with the property and the title property owner. The exemption is not transferable.
- It stays with the property and the title property owner.
Committee:
Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs
Keywords:
property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:36:12.800><c> unable</c> of seasonal recreation property unable of seasonal recreation property
- I can tell you back in those early days, my constituents had their cabin properties.
- </c><00:38:28.720><c> tax</c><00:38:29.839><c> uh</c> only with the property tax uh only with the property
- They were not cabin properties.
- That's exclusive of the um property 29.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:17.759><c> and</c> that are happening to a property and that are happening to a property and
- </c><00:10:16.760><c> when</c> original landlord sold the property when original landlord sold the property
- So to me, this is really... that when this property was sold in uh that when this property was sold in
- </c><00:36:12.760><c> is</c> public resources into the property is public resources into the property
- </c> there may be um water near the property there may be um water near the property and<01:18:44.320
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
landlord-tenant, victim confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, tenant privacy, housing law, eviction, unpaid rent, damages, release of information, shared database, protective order, victim of violence, Minnesota Statutes 504B.206, housing finance, civil law, autism, rental properties, reasonable accommodation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- By establishing a $1 to $2 million reserve, for instance, when a property is in development, we can move
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
affordable housing, housing finance, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, low-income housing tax credit, LIHTC, Section 42, compliance period, housing stability, rental housing, affordable rental housing, homelessness, housing insecurity, housing supply, preservation, recapitalization, distressed properties, regulatory relief, local affordable housing aid, Interagency Council to End Homelessness