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11 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1112
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1212 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES BY MUNICIPALITIES.
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1414 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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1616 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) Whenever any town, city, borough, district, board, commission or agency is required to publish a legal notice in a newspaper pursuant to any provision of section 7-3, 7-9c, 7-85, 7-131j, 7-131n, 7-139, 7-147b, 7-147q, 7-163e, 7-191, 7-222, 7-247a, 7-250, 7-252, 7-255, 7-263a, 7-273f, 7-273g, 7-325, 7-327, 7-344, 7-485, 7-492, 7-601, 8-2j, 8-3, 8-3c, 8-7, 8-7d, 8-23, 8-26e, 8-28, 8-29, 8-35a, 8-44, 8-127, 8-127a, 8-129, 8-169d, 8-169s, 8-169v, 8-189, 8-191, 8-294 or 22-332 of the general statutes, such town, city, borough, district, board, commission or agency may elect to publish a brief legal notice pursuant to subsection (b) of this section in lieu of the notice required in any of said sections, provided such town, city, borough, district, board, commission or agency complies with all other requirements under the provisions of said sections concerning the timing and frequency of publication. For the purposes of this section, "additional information" includes any information otherwise required to be published in a legal notice pursuant to said sections.
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1818 (b) The brief legal notice shall provide the following information: (1) A description of the subject matter being noticed; (2) (A) the date, time and location if the subject matter is a meeting or a public hearing, (B) the hours during which polls will be open if the subject matter is a referendum or an election, (C) the address or other description of real property if the subject matter concerns real property, and (D) the decision on an application if the subject matter concerns an application; (3) the Internet web site address at which additional information concerning the subject matter is available; (4) the physical address and office hours of the office of the town clerk, at which additional information shall be made available for public inspection; and (5) a telephone number that may be called to request that a copy of additional information be mailed at no charge.
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2020 Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Any newspaper that publishes legal notices for municipalities shall indicate, in the index of such newspaper, the pages on which such legal notices are printed.
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2525 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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2929 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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45+In subsection (a) of section 1, "in lieu of the notice required in any of said sections" was added for clarity.
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