HB1373: Legal notices; advertisement by locality.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1373

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled December 10, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact 15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legal notices; advertisement by locality.
Patron-- Head

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That 15.2-107.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

15.2-107.1. Advertisement of legal notices on websites, radio, or television.

A. In addition to any requirements that a locality advertise legal notices in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality, such notices may also be published on the locality's World Wide Web site website.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A or any other provision of law, a locality with a population of 50,000 or greater may fulfill any requirement that the locality advertise legal notices in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality by advertising such notices on radio or television stations that broadcast in or into the locality or by publishing such notices on the locality's website.