Bill Text: CT SB00143 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Publication Of Notice In Newspapers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-28 - Public Hearing 02/01 [SB00143 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00143-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 143

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 541

   

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN NEWSPAPERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that when municipalities are required to publish legal notice in the newspaper, such notice shall only be required to include a brief description of the matter being noticed and a reference to the municipal web site for additional information, and to further permit such notice to be made in weekly free newspapers mailed to residents.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide local property tax relief by reducing costly newspaper public notice requirements for municipalities.

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