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Assembly Bill A1337

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the meaning of the term "newspaper" for purposes of publishing certain notices required by law

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2021-A1337 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Construction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §60, Gen Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7654
2015-2016: A3642
2017-2018: A685
2019-2020: A1799
2023-2024: A193
2025-2026: A238

2021-A1337 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the meaning of the term "newspaper" for purposes of publishing certain notices required by law.

2021-A1337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1337
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to the meaning
   of the term "newspaper" for the purposes of publishing certain notices
   required by law

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  c  of section 60 of the general construction
 law, as added by chapter 767 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   c.  The  term "newspaper of a county, city, town or village" when used
 in a statute shall mean a newspaper published,  circulated,  printed  or
 distributed  in  the county, city, town or village.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY CASE IN WHICH NOTICE OF ANY FACT IS REQUIRED
 BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED BY OR ADVERTISED IN A NEWSPAPER, THE TERM  "NEWS-
 PAPER  OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE" SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO
 ITS PHYSICAL PUBLICATION, ANY LEGAL NOTICE SECTION  MAINTAINED  BY  SUCH
 NEWSPAPER  OR  BY  ONE  OF ITS CORPORATE SUBSIDIARIES ON THE NEWSPAPER'S
 WEBSITE. NOTICE OF ANY FACT REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPA-
 PER WILL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT IF PUBLISHED IN THE FORM AND FOR THE DURA-
 TION REQUIRED BY LAW IN SUCH  LEGAL  NOTICE  SECTION  OF  A  NEWSPAPER'S
 WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01734-01-1

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