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H2246 • 2025

An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance

An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance

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Sponsor
Bruce J. Ayers
Last action
2025-11-24
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4776
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance

An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2246) of Bruce J.
  • Ayers relative to holding property owners accountable for recurring municipal public nuisance complaints.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-24 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4776

  2. 2025-06-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance
By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2246) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to holding property owners accountable for recurring municipal public nuisance complaints. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2246

Section 1. This bill shall hold property owners that face multiple public nuisance complaints accountable. After 10 police calls regarding complaints from or involving a specific location over a period of 1 year, the property owner shall be responsible for the cost associated with any additional police calls and other costs incurred by the police department and/or municipality.

Section 2. Any funds collected from property owners based on this legislation shall go back towards the municipality.

Section 3. Enforcement of this legislation is at the discretion of the Chief of Police or other local authority of the city or town where the property is located.

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