SPONSOR: McGaugh
Currently, in order to qualify as legally acceptable to run public notices and advertisements, a newspaper must have been published regularly for a period of three years; or must be the successor newspaper to a defunct newspaper and begin publication no later than 30 days after the termination of the prior newspaper.
This bill reduces the time period of regular publication from three years to one year, and increases the time period from 30 days to 90 days within which a successor newspaper must begin publication.
This bill also allows a newspaper that has been purchased or newly established by another newspaper that satisfies these conditions to qualify.
This bill is the same as HB 782 (2023).
Statutes affected: