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Mayors and municipal associations urge updating law to allow online publication of legal notices
Summary
Mayors, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and the Connecticut Council of Small Towns told the committee HB 5289 would save towns money and increase reach by allowing municipalities to post legal notices online; newspaper groups warned about news deserts and urged careful standards.
Municipal officials and planning advocates told the Planning and Development Committee that Connecticut’s statutory requirement to publish legal notices in print newspapers is increasingly costly and may not reach residents.
Milford Mayor Rich Smith said his town spends roughly $60,000 annually on legal notices and that an FY23 total for postings was $178,514, telling the committee that online publication on municipal websites would be a more efficient use of local tax…
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