Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. (SB765)
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Description
Advertisement of legal notices on websites by the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring. Allows each of the Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring to publish required legal notices on the locality's website instead of advertising them in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/18/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102248D |
| 12/18/2012 | Referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 01/22/2013 | Rereferred from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/22/2013 | Rereferred to General Laws and Technology |
| 01/24/2013 | Assigned GL&T sub: #1 |
| 02/04/2013 | Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (3-Y 11-N) (see vote tally) |
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This bill mentions Glade Spring.
Comments
ACLU of Virginia joins the Virginia Press Association in opposing this legislation that would remove notices of pending government action from community newspapers and authorize localities to publish the notices only on government-run websites. ACLU-VA and the VPA believe that government should not be the only check on dissemination of public information. Newspapers continue to be the way most adults gather information about their government, particularly in communities with little or no high-speed internet connections. The cost of newspaper notices is not significant especially compared to the cost of developing and maintaining a secure website. Once printed in a newspaper, a government notice cannot be changed which is not true of information maintained on a website. Continued publication of public notices in newspapers is important to protecting transparency of information and open government.