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Committee approves bill letting smaller counties post official notices online instead of costly newspaper ads
Summary
Representative Jennifer Decker said House Bill 368 would let counties with fewer than 80,000 residents use alternatives to paid newspaper ads for official public notices by posting the full notice on an official website or a digital notice site.
Representative Jennifer Decker told the committee House Bill 368 “removes an unfair rule in KRS 424.145 that only allows local governments in counties with more than 80,000 residents to use cost saving alternatives for publishing public notices.”
Decker said the bill would allow smaller counties and local government units to publish a brief newspaper notice directing the public to an official government website that posts the full notice and related documents, or to use a digital newspaper site showing the full notice. John Park, deputy judge/executive of Shelby…
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