16100334D
HOUSE BILL NO. 286
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 4, 2016
A BILL to amend and reenact §15.2-107.1 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to legal notices; advertisement by locality.
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Patron-- Head
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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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.