Bill Text: NY A03642 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3642 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A03642 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03642-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3642
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
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       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:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  c  of section 60 of the general construction
    2  law, as added by chapter 767 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    c.  The  term "newspaper of a county, city, town or village" when used
    5  in a statute shall mean a newspaper published,  circulated,  printed  or
    6  distributed  in  the county, city, town or village.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
    7  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY CASE IN WHICH NOTICE OF ANY FACT IS REQUIRED
    8  BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED BY OR ADVERTISED IN A NEWSPAPER, THE TERM  "NEWS-
    9  PAPER  OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE" SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO
   10  ITS PHYSICAL PUBLICATION, ANY LEGAL NOTICE SECTION  MAINTAINED  BY  SUCH
   11  NEWSPAPER  OR  BY  ONE  OF ITS CORPORATE SUBSIDIARIES ON THE NEWSPAPER'S
   12  WEBSITE. NOTICE OF ANY FACT REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPA-
   13  PER WILL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT IF PUBLISHED IN THE FORM AND FOR THE DURA-
   14  TION REQUIRED BY LAW IN SUCH  LEGAL  NOTICE  SECTION  OF  A  NEWSPAPER'S
   15  WEBSITE.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01760-01-5