H573 - Business/Regulatory Changes. (SL 2018-65)

Overview: S.L. 2018-65 does the following:

• Authorizes cities to petition the superior court for appointment of a receiver to rehabilitate, demolish, or sell a vacant building when the owner has failed to take corrective action or when an owner voluntarily requests receivership.
• Requires the Building Code Council to provide an exemption from energy efficiency codes for residential garages.
• Amends an authorization for cities to hold a malt beverage or unfortified wine election if certain conditions are met.
• Directs the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules to amend the Well Standard Rules.
• Directs the Environmental Management Commission to modify a rule that requires construction and demolition debris (C&D) landfills to install and maintain a groundwater monitoring program.
• Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to revise an advertising rule.

The portion of the act pertaining to vacant building receiverships becomes effective October 1, 2018, and applies to nuisances per se that occur on or after that date or actions that have not been complied with as of that date. The provision of the act pertaining to an exemption from energy efficiency codes for residential garages becomes effective October 1, 2018. The remainder of the act became effective June 25, 2018.