Legislation to give local governments legal-ad alternatives dies in House subcommittee

Posted by afp on January 31, 2010 · 1 Comment

Landes, Bell bills would have given localities wide range of options to disseminate public notices

Story by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net

Legislation from a pair of local lawmakers that would have allowed city and county governments to bypass having to publish legal notices in newspapers of record has failed in a House of Delegates subcommittee.

The House Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommittee voted 8-3 to kill Weyers Cave Republican State Del. Steve Landes’ bill, HB 586, that would have given localities alternatives to publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for legal ads and other notices of proposed action.

A similarly-worded bill from Staunton Republican Del. Dickie Bell had been rolled into the Landes bill. Read more

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