Bill Text: NJ S1787 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows State agencies, counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of Internet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee [S1787 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S1787-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator GERALD CARDINALE
District 39 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Allows State agencies, counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of Internet.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act allowing State agencies, counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of the Internet and supplementing Title 40 and Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any of the law to the contrary, whenever any provision of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes provides that a county or municipality shall cause any advertisement, notice or other item to be published in a newspaper, the county or municipality may satisfy that requirement by instead posting the required information on the official Internet website of the county or municipality in accordance with the applicable deadlines and time frames set forth in such provision of Title 40.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any of the law to the contrary, whenever any provision of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes provides that a county or municipality shall cause any advertisement, notice or other item to be published in a newspaper, the county or municipality may satisfy that requirement by instead posting the required information on the official Internet website of the county or municipality in accordance with the applicable deadlines and time frames set forth in such provision of Title 40A.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, except for the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), whenever any provision of law provides that a State agency, as defined in section 11 of P.L.2005, c.336 (C.52:34-10.11), shall cause any advertisement, notice or other item to be published in a newspaper, the State agency may satisfy that requirement by instead posting the required information on the official Internet website of the State agency in accordance with the applicable deadlines and time frames set forth in law.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would allow a State agency to comply with any publication requirement, and a county or municipality to comply with any provision of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes which requires it to publish any advertisement, notice or other item in a newspaper, by instead posting the information on the official Internet website of the State agency, county, or municipality. Any deadlines or time frames which apply to publication would apply to Internet postings. The bill's purpose is to enable units of State and local government to save money while providing members of the public with easy access to government information. The bill would not affect notices which public bodies are required to transmit to newspapers under the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," N.J.S.A.10:4-6 et seq.
