2008 House Bill 6304

Increase “historic” building regulation penalties

Introduced in the House

June 28, 2008

Introduced by Rep. Robert Jones (D-60)

To increase the penalties for violating the law that prohibits owners of buildings deemed to be “historic” from undertaking exterior renovations on their property without permission from a local authority. The bill increases civil fines for unauthorized work from $5,000 to $50,000, and for unauthorized demolition to $150,000. It also increases criminal penalties, and revises a number of other provisions to generally increase enforcement of these restrictions on property owners.

Referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban, and Regional Affairs