Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 3/10/2017
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1460
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1460 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Limitations on Negative Use Restrictions Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to prohibit | ||||||
7 | negative use restrictions that cause retail space to remain | ||||||
8 | vacant, resulting in decreased property values, blight, loss of | ||||||
9 | tax revenue, and lack of access to grocery stores, drug stores, | ||||||
10 | discount stores, and other retailers. | ||||||
11 | Section 10. Prohibition against negative use restrictions. | ||||||
12 | (a) As used in this Act, "negative use restriction" means a | ||||||
13 | restrictive covenant or deed restriction recorded against real | ||||||
14 | property or any lease or other written agreement that prohibits | ||||||
15 | or has the economic or practical effect of prohibiting the use |
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1 | of the real property as a grocery store, drug store, discount | ||||||
2 | store, warehouse club, home improvement store, or any other | ||||||
3 | retail store after an owner or operator of a grocery store, | ||||||
4 | drug store, discount store, warehouse club, home improvement | ||||||
5 | store, or any other retail store has terminated operations at | ||||||
6 | the site. | ||||||
7 | (b) A negative use restriction upon real property is | ||||||
8 | against public policy, void, and unenforceable, and is subject | ||||||
9 | to the unit of local government's remedial and enforcement | ||||||
10 | powers under any local zoning ordinance and the laws of this | ||||||
11 | State, if: | ||||||
12 | (1) the negative use restriction prevents the use of | ||||||
13 | the property for grocery store, drug store, discount store, | ||||||
14 | warehouse club, home improvement store, or any other retail | ||||||
15 | store purposes; | ||||||
16 | (2) the negative use restriction applies after a | ||||||
17 | grocery store, drug store, discount store, warehouse club, | ||||||
18 | home improvement store, or any other retail store owner or | ||||||
19 | operator has terminated operations at the site and the use | ||||||
20 | is otherwise permitted, including as a special use, under | ||||||
21 | local zoning ordinances; | ||||||
22 | (3) the negative use restriction has a term of more | ||||||
23 | than one year; and | ||||||
24 | (4) the site of the grocery store, drug store, discount | ||||||
25 | store, warehouse club, home improvement store, or other | ||||||
26 | retail store has in excess of 7,500 square feet of floor |
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1 | space.
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2 | (c) A current owner of a site that is subject to a negative | ||||||
3 | use restriction has the right to seek an injunction or other | ||||||
4 | remedy from the circuit court.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.".
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