| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to local government; modifying requirements for publishing notice in a |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 qualified newspaper; authorizing online publication of public notices when no |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 qualified newspaper is available; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 331A.10, subdivision 2. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 331A.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Discontinuance.(a) When a newspaper ceases to be published before the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9publication of a public notice is commenced, or when commenced ceases before the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10publication is completed, the following procedures apply: (1) when the publication is required |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11by court order, the order for publication, when one is required in the first instance, may be |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12amended by order of the court or judge, to designate another newspaper, as may be necessary. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13If no order is required in the first instance,; or (2) when the publication is required by law, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14rule, or ordinance, the publication may be made or completed in any other qualified |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15newspaper. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (b) If no qualified newspaper is available for publication of a public notice after the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17discontinuance of a newspaper, the political subdivision must post the information required |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18to be published on the political subdivision's website until another qualified newspaper is |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19identified, which shall then be designated. During the time when no qualified newspaper is |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20available, the political subdivision must also post the public notice on the Minnesota |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21Newspaper Association's statewide public notice website, at no additional cost to the political |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22subdivision. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04320 as introduced03/04/25 REVISOR MS/BM |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2631NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: PRATT, Duckworth, Coleman, Johnson Stewart and Gustafson) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/17/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to State and Local Government 2.1 (c) Any time during which the notice is published in the first a newspaper prior to its |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2discontinuance shall be calculated as a part of the time required for the publication, proof |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3of which may be made by affidavit of any person acquainted with the facts. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 25-04320 as introduced03/04/25 REVISOR MS/BM |
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