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Status of Code Enforcement in Orauge County -Appendix E: necessary to abate the nuisance, including entering the property where the abandoned manufactured home is located and arranging to have the abandoned manufactured home deconstructed and disposed of in a manner consistent with the adopted management plan. The Bill authorizes counties to seek reimbursement from the owner of the abandoned mobile home, or the property owner where the abandoned mobile home is located, for any unpaid property taxes due on the home and for the actual costs incurred by the county, directly or indirectly, for its abatement activities and its administrative and legal expenses related to its abatement activities. It should be noted that this amount shall not include the amount of any grants received through this program for the abatement activities for that manufactured home. The Bill authorizes counties to initiate a civil action to recover these unpaid taxes or costs from the person responsible for the abandoned manufachred home.. Each county that requests a reimbursement grant from the program shall be required to submit a detailed budget specifying the expenses it expects to incur in a specified time period in connection with the activities under the abandoned manufactured home program.. As outlined within the Bill, DENR shall review each submitted budget and make modifications to the proposal based on the availability of funds in the Manufactured Homes Management Account, the county's capacity to effectively and efficiently manage the abatement of abandoned manufactured homes, and any other factors that the Department reasonably determines aze relevant. Once DENR and a cowrty agree on the amount of the county's budget under this subsection, DENR and the county shall execute a grant agreement that reflects this amount and that specifies the time period covered by the grant agreement.. The amount of the budget in any grant agreement is the maximum aznount that airy county may receive as a reimbursement grant from all sources for abatement activities for the time period specified in the agreement. Under the teens of the Bill, each comity is responsible for at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of identifyhig, removing, deconstructing, recycling, and disposing of each abandoned manufactwed home. A county can only use reimbursement grant funds for operating expenses that aze directly related to the management of abandoned manufactm ed homes. As part of the grant program, any county that receives a reimbursement grant under this new program will be responsible for completing an annual report for submission to the DENR detailing: • The funds the county received as a grant, • The manner in which the grant was used, and • An assessment of the county's progress in removing, deconstructing, recycling, and disposing of abandoned manufactured homes consistent with program and the local ma~ragement plan. This information is required, under the current wording of the Bill, for inclusion in the Am1ua1 Financial Inforn~ation Report prepared in accordance with G S. 159-.3.3.1.. 3