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REFERENCE TITLE: municipal ordinances and notices; posting |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1370 |
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Introduced by Senator Gowan
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An Act
amending section 9-812, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal ordinances.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 9-812, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
9-812. 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 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. CITIES OR TOWNS LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF FOUR MILLION PERSONS OR MORE SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO POST THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A of this section ON THE CITY'S OR TOWN'S WEBSITE. A city or town that posts notices, invitations for bids, laws and ordinances 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, invitations for bids, laws 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.