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SB14 Alabama 2011 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Cam Ward
Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Municipalities, ordinances, planning, zoning, or licensing of businesses, publication or posting further provided for, Sec. 11-45-8 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, in municipalities having a population of 2,000 or more, after the passage of an ordinance of a general or permanent nature, a copy of the ordinance is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. If a newspaper is not published in the municipality or if the municipality has a population of less than 2,000 persons, the ordinance may be posted at three places in the municipality, one of which is required to be the post office or the mayor's office or the ordinance may be published in a newspaper published in the county. An ordinance that is published in a newspaper is effective immediately and an ordinance published by posting is effective five days after posting

This bill would provide that after an ordinance relating to planning or zoning or the licensing of businesses is adopted by any municipality having a population of 2,000 or more, either a copy of the ordinance or notice of the substance of the ordinance may be published in a newspaper published in the municipality

Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-45-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the publishing of an ordinance after passage by the municipal governing body, to further provide for the publication by certain municipalities of a notice of the substance of an ordinance relating to planning or zoning or the licensing of businesses in a newspaper under certain conditions.

Subjects
Municipalities

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
March 1, 2011Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

Bill Text

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Bill Documents

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Bill Text SB14 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced
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