ASSEMBLY, No. 5151 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED DECEMBER 12, 2024
ASSEMBLY, No. 5151
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED DECEMBER 12, 2024
Sponsored by: Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS District 20 (Union) SYNOPSIS Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date without regard to format. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date without regard to format.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act allowing publication of required public notices and legal advertisements in certain newspapers for extended period without regard to format. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or municipal ordinance to the contrary, a newspaper utilized by a public body, as defined in section 3 of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-8), from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 for the purpose of complying with any requirements for issuing or publishing a public notice or legal advertisement, including for providing adequate notice of a meeting, and designated as an official newspaper, shall be deemed eligible for the same purposes from January 1, 2025 to March 1, 2025 regardless of physical or digital format for the newspaper's publication. 2. This act shall take effect on December 31, 2024. STATEMENT This bill provides that a newspaper utilized by a public body, as defined in section 3 of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-8), from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 for the purpose of complying with any requirements for issuing or publishing a public notice or legal advertisement, including for providing adequate notice of a meeting, and designated as an official newspaper, is deemed eligible for the same purposes from January 1, 2025 to March 1, 2025 regardless of physical or digital format for the newspaper's publication.
An Act allowing publication of required public notices and legal advertisements in certain newspapers for extended period without regard to format.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or municipal ordinance to the contrary, a newspaper utilized by a public body, as defined in section 3 of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-8), from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 for the purpose of complying with any requirements for issuing or publishing a public notice or legal advertisement, including for providing adequate notice of a meeting, and designated as an official newspaper, shall be deemed eligible for the same purposes from January 1, 2025 to March 1, 2025 regardless of physical or digital format for the newspaper's publication.
2. This act shall take effect on December 31, 2024.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a newspaper utilized by a public body, as defined in section 3 of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-8), from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 for the purpose of complying with any requirements for issuing or publishing a public notice or legal advertisement, including for providing adequate notice of a meeting, and designated as an official newspaper, is deemed eligible for the same purposes from January 1, 2025 to March 1, 2025 regardless of physical or digital format for the newspaper's publication.