Senate Bill 356 was introduced on February 8th, and was referred to the Housing Committee the following week.
According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest;
The bill (titled “Housing: Code Enforcement Incentive Program: Community Code Enforcement Pilot Program.”) would increase the maximum grant under the (Community Code Enforcement Pilot) program from $450,000 to $2,000,000, and require the department to adjust that amount for inflation at least once every 5 years. The bill would require that the full-time code enforcement officer on the code enforcement team,…….be a certified code enforcement officer, as defined, and that the team additionally include at least one representative from a community-based organization.
The bill would revise the requirement for a grantee to provide and fund a city planner, health officer, or other specialist to specify that the grantee may provide and fund a building official.
The bill would also revise the authorized use of grant funds to include support for the engagement of community-based organizations. The bill would revise the requirement for the plan for cooperative and effective working relationships, …….to include cooperative and effective working relationships with local building officials and community-based organizations. The bill would also additionally require the grant proposal to include the number of certified code enforcement officers, as defined, employed by the applicant.
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