REFERENCE TITLE: municipal notices and ordinances; posting

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2339

 

Introduced by

Representative Payne

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 9-812, arizona revised statutes; relating to municipal ordinances.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 9-812, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-812. Publication and posting of notices and ordinances; applicability

A. Notices of election, invitations for bids, notices of letting contracts, laws and ordinances and other notices of a public character issued by authority of the governing body of any city or town shall be posted on the city's or town's website or published in one of the following:

1. A newspaper that is printed and published within the city or town.

2. A newspaper that is printed and published within the county in which the city or town is located with a greater circulation to residents of the city or town.

b. A city or town that posts notices on the city's or town's website shall provide on the website's home page a link to a listing of all current notices and ORDINANCES.

B. c. In cases of laws or ordinances enacted on behalf of a private person, he the private person shall pay the expense of publication and may designate the newspaper.

C. d. Subsection subsections A and b of this section shall further apply to notices and resolutions that require newspaper publication under title 48, chapter 4 unless otherwise stated in title 48. END_STATUTE