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HB106 INTRODUCED DGS3TH-1 By Representative Almond RFD:
T3HN95-1 :
County and Municipal Government First Read:
4/11/2023 :
07-Mar-23 Page 0 DGS3TH-1 03/07/2023 ANS (L) cr 2022-5008 2 4 SYNOPSIS:
ANS AMENDMENT TO HB106 OFFERED BY COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFERED IN COMMITTEE BY KERRY (BUBBA) UNDERWOOD 2 4 Replace lines 8 through 10 on page 1 with the following:
Under existing law, political subdivisions of counties and municipalities are often required to publish or advertise notices in the newspaper.
This bill would provide that a local government may satisfy a legal notice requirement by Replace line 12 on page 1 with the following:
This bill would provide that a county, municipality, or political subdivision of a county or municipality may satisfy a notice requirement by publishing the notice on a website maintained by the county or municipal governing body or the state.
local government or the state.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to counties and municipalities;
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to add Section 11-80-19 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a county, municipality, or political subdivision of a county or municipality may satisfy a notice requirement by publishing the notice on a website maintained by the state or county or municipal governing body.
local government may satisfy a legal notice requirement by publishing the notice on a website maintained by the local government or the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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Section 1.
local government, a website maintained by the state for Page 1 T3HN95-1 :
Section 11-80-19 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
4/11/2023 :
§11-80-19 Page 1 HB106 INTRODUCED (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
ANS AMENDMENT TO HB106 OFFERED BY COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFERED IN COMMITTEE BY KERRY (BUBBA) UNDERWOOD Replace line 35 on page 2 with the following:
(1) GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITE.
local government as a repository for the purpose of Replace line 54 on page 2 with the following:
A website maintained by a county or municipality, a website maintained by the state for the purpose of posting legal notices, or a website maintained by a third party that has been officially designated by the county or municipality as a repository for the purpose of posting legal notices;
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of state or local law Replace line 58 on page 3 with the following:
provided, however, that a governmental website must be capable of storing and retrieving the legal notice, providing access to the general public without charge, and providing proof of posting in a form prescribed by the local government.
a newspaper or posting it as otherwise prescribed by law.
(2) LEGAL NOTICE.
(2) The local government that is required by law to publish a legal notice shall determine the governmental website upon which the notice is to be published.
Any notice, advertisement, publication, statement, or other matter of whatever kind or character required by state law to be published in a newspaper or posted where there is no published newspaper.
The notice or a link to the notice shall be posted on the homepage of the governmental website.
(3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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A county or municipality, political subdivision of a county or municipality, board, quasi-judicial body, agency, commission, committee appointed by the governing body, or instrumentality, including, but not limited to, any corporation or other instrumentality whose governing board is comprised of a majority of members who are appointed or elected by a county or municipality, or an elected or appointed official or officer of a county or municipality.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of state or local law to the contrary, a local government may satisfy its legal notice requirement by posting the legal notice on a Page 2 HB106 INTRODUCED governmental website in lieu of publishing the legal notice in a newspaper or posting it as otherwise prescribed by law.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect specific publication requirements prescribed by the state constitution.
Section 2.
This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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