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IN HB1272

Bill

Status

Passed

4/5/2017

Primary Sponsor

Sharon Negele

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

HEA 1272 Summary

  • Allows officers to post printed notices in three prominent places within a political subdivision as sufficient notice if a newspaper accepts but subsequently fails to publish a timely notice.

  • Permits officers to post notices on a political subdivision's internet website in an easily accessible location as sufficient notice if newspapers fail to publish accepted notices.

  • Increases the threshold for writing off unpaid sewage and sanitation fees as bad debt from $40 to $200 per fee or penalty.

  • Increases the threshold for municipalities to expense overdue user fees and penalties as bad debt from $25 to $200.

  • Effective July 1, 2017.

Legislative Description

Local government matters. Provides that if a newspaper or locality newspaper does not refuse to publish a timely notice, but subsequently fails to publish it, notice is nonetheless sufficient if the notice is timely posted: (1) in printed form, in three prominent places in the political subdivision; or (2) on the political subdivision's Internet web site. Increases the amount of debt that a municipal sewage works or sanitation department can write off as uncollectable.

Last Action

Public Law 21

4/5/2017

Committee Referrals

Local Government2/20/2017
Government and Regulatory Reform1/10/2017

Full Bill Text

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