Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00143 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 143
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 541
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 143 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 541

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 

Introduced by:

SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN NEWSPAPERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that when municipalities are required to publish legal notice in the newspaper, such notice shall only be required to include a brief description of the matter being noticed and a reference to the municipal web site for additional information, and to further permit such notice to be made in weekly free newspapers mailed to residents.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide local property tax relief by reducing costly newspaper public notice requirements for municipalities.