HB576 Alabama 2019 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Public notices and legal notices, to provide for electronic publication through state-sanctioned public notice website, Legal Notice Savings and Modernization Act, Secs. 6-8-64, 17-4-1 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, various public notices
are required to be published in newspapers</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require the Secretary of
State to create, maintain, host, and operate a
website on which public notices may be published
with legal effect</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require that the public
notice website be available free of charge at all
times and that both current and archived public
notices be searchable by keyword, file number, or
area, and that public notices of local legislation,
both current and archived, be publicly searchable
by keyword, by sponsor, by subject matter, and by
county</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would allow the Secretary of State
to require the person or entity purporting to
provide the notice to pay a reasonable fee which
reflects the actual cost of publication. There
would be no fee charged for any other usage of the
public notice website</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also provide a method by
which a county commission may vote to opt that
county out of the public notice website, as well as
a method by which the governing body of a
municipality may vote to opt its area of
incorporation out of the public notice website</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also provide for delivery of
public notices to the Secretary of State for
publishing on the public notice website</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to public notices; to provide for
electronic publication of public notices on a public notice
website operated by the Secretary of State; to provide for
fees for publication; to allow counties and municipalities to
opt out under certain conditions; and to provide for delivery
of public notices to the Secretary of State for publication on
the public notice website.
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Subjects
Notice, Legal
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB576 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced |