Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 137

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Relating to: publication of certain legal notices on an Internet site maintained by a municipality. (FE)

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Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, certain legal notices are required by statute or by an order

of a court to be published. Legal notices are generally published in a newspaper

likely to give notice in the area or to the persons affected. Current law also allows

certain municipalities to opt to post certain legal notices in lieu of publishing the

notices in a newspaper, if the municipality meets statutory requirements regarding

timing and placement of the notices.

Under current law, the municipality must post the notice in at least three public

places likely to give notice to persons affected, and must post a notice that would be

published before the act or event requiring notice no later than the time specified for

the first newspaper publication or, if the notice would be published after the act or

event requiring notice, must post the notice within one week after the act or event.

Under this bill, a municipality that opts to post a legal notice in lieu of

publication may, instead of posting the notice in three public places, post the notice

in one public place and publish the notice on the municipality's Internet site.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DOA

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 5, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Jun 9, 2015 official source full page