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(now:  cities; towns; counties; public notices)

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

SENATE BILL 1073

AN ACT

amending title 9, chapter 2, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-256; amending title 9, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-277; amending title 9, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-286; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-225; repealing section 11-255, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to public notices.

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

Section 1. Title 9, chapter 2, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-256, to read:

START_STATUTE9-256. Towns; advertising; publishing; printing; official website

a. Notwithstanding any other law, A town shall satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or printing by placing the advertising, publishing or printing on the official website of the town.

b. A town that posts public notices on the official website of the town shall include a public notices link at the top of the home page of the website of the town that links to all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 9, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-277, to read:

START_STATUTE9-277. Cities; towns; advertising; publishing; printing; official website

a. Notwithstanding any other law, A city or town shall satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or printing by placing the advertising, publishing or printing on the official website of the city or town.

b. A city or town that posts public notices on the official website of the city or town shall include a public notices link at the top of the home page of the website of the city or town that links to all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Title 9, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-286, to read:

START_STATUTE9-286. Cities; advertising; publishing; printing; official website; applicability

a. Notwithstanding any other law, A city shall satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or printing by placing the advertising, publishing or printing on the official website of the city.

b. A city that posts public notices on the official website of the city shall include a public notices link at the top of the home page of the website of the city that links to all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category.

c. This section does not apply to publication of a notice of a proposed charter required by section 9-282. END_STATUTE

Sec. 4. Title 11, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-225, to read:

START_STATUTE11-225. Counties; advertising; publishing; printing; official website

a. Notwithstanding any other law, A county shall satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or printing by placing the advertising, publishing or printing on the official website of the county.

b. A county that posts public notices on the official website of the county shall include a public notices link at the top of the home page of the website of the county that links to all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category. END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Repeal

Section 11-255, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 6. Conforming legislation

The legislative council staff shall prepare proposed legislation conforming the Arizona Revised Statutes to the provisions of this act for consideration in the fifty-seventh legislature, second regular session.