Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2067

E Modifying certain provisions regulating the publication of public + notices in
legal newspapers; modifying certain requirements for county publication of
delinquent +real estate taxes, requiring a second publication and eliminating
the statutory +service fee amount; redefining certain terms relating to
qualified newspapers and+ making certain technical amendments; modifying certain
distribution +requirements; requiring newspapers with web sites to agree to post
notices on the +web site without additional cost, failure to comply not to
affect the validity+ of the public notice; authorizing local government units to
disseminate +solicitations of bids and requests for information or proposals by
web site or +recognized industry trade journal publication under certain
conditions, +procedure; specifying certain conditions for joint bidding;
modifying certain +type face and title or caption requirements; authorizing
notice publication in +addition to publication in a designated newspaper in
other newspapers or via +electronic mail (email); requiring local units electing
to publish summaries of +financial statements or proceedings to include notices
stating the availability+ of copies of full versions without cost; authorizing
local units to enter into +multiyear contracts with qualified newspapers for
publication of public +notices, specifying a contract duration limit; modifying
certain affidavit of publication requirements; modifying the publication
schedule for +governing bodies of local units holding less frequent meetings;
authorizing +publication of notices on holidays; increasing the threshold for
the required +publication by counties of claim summaries; eliminating the
requirement for the +attorney general and state printer to approve the form of
county financial +statements; eliminating the authority of statutory cities to
publish condensed +versions of official council minutes; authorizing certain
smaller cities to +publish summaries of financial statements and increasing the
threshold for +required publication of individual disbursements; requiring the
revisor of +statutes to compile a list of statutes requiring publication of
public notices +and submit a report to the legislature by a certain date;
repealing a certain +obsolete provision (mk, ja)