HB 2013 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 11-255 and 39-201 regarding public notice publication requirements for counties and newspapers.

• Removes the requirement that newspapers must have been admitted to the U.S. mail as second-class matter for at least one year to be eligible for county advertising and printing contracts.

• Redefines "newspaper" in statute by removing the federal second-class mail admission requirement and instead defining it as a publication that is regularly issued for news dissemination, has a known office of publication with dated and consecutively numbered issues, and maintains a bona fide list of paying subscribers.

• Allows county boards of supervisors to contract with qualified newspapers meeting the revised definition for advertising, publishing, and printing services.