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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
cities; towns; counties; posting; website
Purpose
Allows a city, town or county to satisfy any statutory requirements for advertising, publishing or printing by posting the public notice on the official website of the city, town or county.
Background
Statute outlines circumstances when the governing board of a city, town
or county board of supervisors (county BOS) must contract with a newspaper for
the publication of public notices. These circumstances include but are not
limited to: 1) notices of election; 2) invitations for bids;
3) notices of letting contracts; 4) laws and ordinances; 5) notices of zoning;
and 6) notices of proposed city charters. A county BOS must contract for all
advertising, publications and printing required to be done or made by all
departments of county government (A.R.S. §§ 9-812
and
11-251).
When publication of a notice in a newspaper is directed or authorized by law, the publication must be in the newspaper of general circulation. If the place of publication of the notice is not specified, publication must be in a newspaper printed and published within: 1) the county where the state capital is located, if the notice is from a state office, board or commission; 2) the county, if the notice is from a county officer, board or commission or any person in the county; or 3) the territorial limits, if the notice is from the district, city or town officer, board, commission, or by any person in the district, city or town (A.R.S. § 39-204).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows a city, town or county to satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or printing by posting the public notice on the official website of the city, town or county.
2. Requires a city, town or county that posts public notices on the official website to include a public notices link on the home page of the website that links to all statutorily required public notices listed by category.
3. Specifies that the ability to satisfy the statutory requirement to print public notices as outlined does not apply to a notice of a proposed city charter.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 26, 2026
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