HB 166

Abstract

Hearing notice by localities. Provides that in any instance in which a locality in Planning District 23 has submitted a timely notice of public hearing to a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality and the newspaper fails to publish the notice, such locality shall be deemed to have met certain notice requirements so long as the notice was published in the next available edition. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 869.

Hearing notice by localities. Provides that if a locality in Planning District 23 has submitted a timely notice request related to a planning or zoning matter to a newspaper of general circulation and the newspaper fails to publish the notice, such locality shall be deemed to have met public hearing notice requirements so long as notice of the agenda, including the item intended for publication in the newspaper, was published on the locality's website at least three weeks before the hearing. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.

Hearing notice by localities. Providesthat if a locality has submitted a timely notice request related toa planning or zoning matter to a newspaper of general circulationand the newspaper fails to publish the notice, a locality shall bedeemed to have met public hearing notice requirements so long asnotice of the agenda, including the item intended for publicationin the newspaper, was published on the locality's website at leastthree weeks before the hearing.