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IN HB1272
Bill
Status
4/5/2017
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Negele
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AI Summary
HEA 1272 Summary
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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.
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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.
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Increases the threshold for writing off unpaid sewage and sanitation fees as bad debt from $40 to $200 per fee or penalty.
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Increases the threshold for municipalities to expense overdue user fees and penalties as bad debt from $25 to $200.
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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