2012 House Bill 5609 ↩

Senate Roll Call 500: Passed

To establish that if a property owner with delinquent property taxes sells the property to a federally recognized Indian tribe, the seller can be held personally liable for the back taxes. Under current law, local governments can foreclose tax delinquent property and eventually seize it, but generally cannot come after other assets of the owner. When property goes into tribal ownership, however, federal law exempts it from this tax foreclosure process.