Hemingstein is right, traxx. At points it seems like it hopeless and the only thing to do is just leave.
Oklahoma House approves measure to ban city vacant property registries | News OK
As some feared, the Oklahoma House passed a bill that prevents any city from creating a vacant property registry. It now goes to the Oklahoma Senate for consideration. As other posters asked, "Why is this the business of the state legislature?" Next time you see a realtor, thank them - they led the fight which bans any city in Oklahoma from creating such a registry.
The Oklahoma House passed a bill Tuesday to ban city registries for vacant property. House Bill 2620, pushed by a coalition led by the Oklahoma Association of Realtors, came in response to the Oklahoma City Council’s approval of such a registry late last year and other cities interested in regulating such property.
Rep. Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville, is the author.
The bill passed 68-23 and now goes to the Senate.
Realtors also are supporting a related bill, House Bill 3363 by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, said Matt Robison, vice president of government affairs for the Oklahoma Association of Realtors. Echols’ bill would “better define abandoned and neglected property,” Robison said.
Oklahoma City estimated that there are 12,000 vacant or abandoned buildings in the city, and relied on a study that cited rundown houses and commercial buildings as an across-the-board drag on property values. The Realtors and others objected to fees associated with administering the registry, among other things.
More brilliant "leadership".
What happened to all the "local control" blather from that bunch at 23rd & Lincoln?
This is similar to the tobacco lobby several years ago getting the state to enact a law that no city or town could make tougher anti-smoking laws than what the state had on the books. The party that always talks about local control is doing the exact opposite.
My guess is that there will be a tougher battle in it passing in the senate.
It's more "small government" that the Republicans in state legislature want us to have.
We have a representative who said we need to have open carry because he was once threatened by a turkey.
Let that sink in.
I can't believe that the senate would pass this (or the governor sign it), but stranger things have happened.
If so, how can the city enumerate this information on these blighted buildings without violating the law?
Editorial from The Oklahoman on hypocrisy of GOP led legislature regarding nuisance properties.
Problem of abandoned property won't solve itself | NewsOK.com
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