Bill Text: VA HB286 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-29 - Continued to 2017 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote [HB286 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB286-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 286 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 4, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact §15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legal notices; advertisement by locality. ---------- Patron-- Head ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§15.2-107.1. Advertisement of legal notices on websites, radio, or television.

A. In addition to any requirements that a locality advertise legal notices in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality, such notices may also be published on the locality's World Wide Web site website.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A or any other provision of law, a locality with a population of 50,000 or greater may fulfill any requirement that the locality advertise legal notices in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality by advertising such notices on radio or television stations that broadcast in or into the locality or by publishing such notices on the locality's website.