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Committee approves amendment to let state agencies post legal notices on Secretary of State site; $150,000 set aside to rebuild site
Summary
The committee approved a change to the bill that makes posting legal notices on the Secretary of State’s website optional (shall→may), adds a $150,000 appropriation to help rebuild the site, removes a delayed effective date, and sent the amended bill to appropriations by unanimous vote.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Oct. 12 amended a bill that would allow state government entities to post legally required public notices on the Secretary of State’s website. The committee changed a proposed requirement into an option — altering the statutory language from "shall" to "may" — and added a $150,000 appropriation for the Secretary of State to build or improve an online public-notice system.
"Shalomay. So we would you may post it on the secretary's website. But if you do and the newspaper fails, it does count as…
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