SB 208 - Posting Public Notices Online - Utah Key Vote

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Title: Posting Public Notices Online

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that requires state public notices to be posted in a newspaper and on a website established collectively by Utah's newspapers beginning January 1, 2010, and requires first and second class counties to publish notices on the same website beginning January 1, 2012.

Highlights:

  • Authorizes first and second class counties to publish notices in a newspaper, in addition to posting them on the website as required by this Act (Sec. 140).
  • Specifies that the notices affected by this Act include legal notices required for judicial proceedings or by judicial decision, and notices required to be made available to the public by a state statute or a state agency rule (Sec. 140).
  • Prohibits the administering of a fee to post a legal notice on the website before January 1, 2012, and limits the fee to no more than $10 for posting notices on or after January 1, 2012 (Sec. 140).
  • Specifies that the provisions of this Act do not apply to public notices published by a public body on the website established by the Division of Archives and Records Service of the Department of Administrative Services (Sec. 140).

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Posting Public Notices Online

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires state public notices to be posted in a newspaper and on a website established collectively by Utah's newspapers beginning January 1, 2010, and requires first and second class counties to publish notices on the same website beginning January 1, 2012.

Highlights:

  • Authorizes first and second class counties to publish notices in a newspaper, in addition to posting them on the website as required by this Act (Sec. 140).
  • Specifies that the notices affected by this Act include legal notices required for judicial proceedings or by judicial decision, and notices required to be made available to the public by a state statute or a state agency rule (Sec. 140).
  • Prohibits the administering of a fee to post a legal notice on the website before January 1, 2012, and limits the fee to no more than $10 for posting notices on or after January 1, 2012 (Sec. 140).
  • Specifies that the provisions of this Act do not apply to public notices published by a public body on the website established by the Division of Archives and Records Service of the Department of Administrative Services (Sec. 140).

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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