ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: GOV DP 6-1-0-0 | Third Read 19-8-3-0-0

House: GOV DPA 4-3-0-0

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SB 1167: cities; towns; counties; posting; website

Sponsor: Senator Angius, LD 30

House Engrossed

Overview

Allows a municipality or county to post advertisements, publications and printings on their official website and a qualified newspaper website to satisfy their statutory requirements for advertising, publishing or printing.

History

Notices of elections, invitations for bids, notices of letting contracts, laws and ordinances and other notices of a public character issued by a municipality's governing body are required to be published in one of the following: 1) a newspaper that is printed and published within the municipality; or 2) a newspaper printed and published within the county in which the municipality is located with a greater circulation to the municipality's residents. Title 11 outlines the various instances under which a notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in an affected county (A.R.S. § 9-812).

Provisions

1.   Permits a municipality or county to satisfy any statutory requirements for advertising, publishing or printing, as required by the statute relating to cities and towns and counties respectively, by posting the advertisement, publication or printing on the official website of the municipality or county and the official website of a qualified newspaper. (Sec. 1, 2)

2.   Requires the municipality or county to electronically provide the newspaper with notice of the posting at least one full business day before the required notice date in order to satisfy the posting requirements. (Sec. 1, 2)

3.   Directs the municipality or county to post the notice on their official website by the required notice date. (Sec. 1, 2)

4.   Instructs a municipality or county that posts public notices on their official website to include a public notices link on the website's homepage that links to all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category. (Sec. 1, 2)

5.   Stipulates that this legislation does not apply to publishing a notice of a proposed charter for a city. (Sec. 1)

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9.   Initials ML/MN               SB 1167

10.  4/14/2026  Page 0 House Engrossed

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