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Third Substitute S.B. 85

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        March 10, 2011 (11:00pm)

Mr. President:

    The House substituted and passed 3rd Sub. S.B. 85, LEGAL NOTICE AMENDMENTS, by Senator S. Urquhart, with the following amendments:

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             17          .    establishes legal notice requirements for


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  local districts and  
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special service districts;


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             54      59-2-1332.5 .

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      (e) "Local district" is as defined in Section 17B-1-102.  
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"Public legal notice website" means the website described in Subsection (2)(b) for

             56      the purpose of publishing a legal notice online.
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(i) "Qualifying advertising segment" means, except as provided in Subsection

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(ii), a category of print advertising sold by a newspaper, including classified advertising,

             59      line advertising, and display advertising.
             60          (ii) "Qualifying advertising segment" does not include legal notice advertising.
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"Special service district" is as defined in Section 17D-1-102 .


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             91          (5) If legal notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper, or if a
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  local district or a  
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special

             92      service district publishes legal notice in a newspaper, the newspaper:
             93          (a) may not charge more for publication than the newspaper's average advertisement
             94      rate; and
             95          (b) shall publish the legal notice on the public legal notice website at no additional
             96      cost.


             97          (6) If legal notice is not required by law to be published in a newspaper, or if a
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  local district or a  
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special

             98      service district with an annual operating budget of less than $250,000 chooses to publish a

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             110          (8) Notwithstanding the requirements of a statute that requires the publication of legal
             111      notice, if legal notice is required by law to be published by a
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  local district or a  
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special service district with an

             112      annual operating budget of $250,000 or more, the
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  local district or  
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special service district shall satisfy its legal

             113      notice publishing requirements by:
             114          (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid:
             115          (i) to each voter in the
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  local district or  
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special service district; and

             116          (ii) that contains the information required by the statute that requires the publication of
             117      legal notice; or
             118          (b) publishing the legal notice in a newspaper and on the legal public notice website as
             119      described in Subsection (5).
             120          (9) Notwithstanding the requirements of a statute that requires the publication of legal
             121      notice, if legal notice is required by law to be published by a
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  local district or a  
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special service district with an

             122      annual operating budget of less than $250,000, the
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  local district or  
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special service district shall satisfy its legal

             123      notice publishing requirements by:
             124          (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid:
             125          (i) to each voter in the
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  local district or  
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special service district; and

             126          (ii) that contains the information required by the statute that requires the publication of
             127      legal notice; or

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             166      delinquency unless
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before January
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the following are paid:



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             178      delinquency unless
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before January
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the following are paid:


and returns it to the Senate for further consideration.

        Respectfully,

        Sandy D. Tenney
        Chief Clerk

17 sb0085s03.wpd 11:00 pm PLA/lerror


Representative Bradley M. Daw proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
LEGAL NOTICE AMENDMENTS

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Stephen H. Urquhart

             5     
House Sponsor: Bradley M. Daw

             6     

             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill addresses the publication of statutorily required legal notices.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    defines terms;
             13          .    requires a newspaper that publishes a legal notice in the newspaper to charge no
             14      more than its average advertisement rate;
             15          .    requires a newspaper that publishes a legal notice in the newspaper to publish the
             16      legal notice on a public legal notice website at no additional cost;
             17          .    establishes legal notice requirements for special service districts;
             18          .    eliminates an exception from publication requirements for a county of the first or
             19      second class;
             20          .    exempts a notice of delinquency in the payment of property taxes from certain
             21      publication requirements; and
             22          .    makes technical changes.
             23      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             24          None
             25      Other Special Clauses:



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         None
             27      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             28      AMENDS:
             29          45-1-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 90 and 254
             30          59-2-1332.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
             31      REPEALS:
             32          45-1-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 144 and renumbered and
             33      amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
             34     

             35      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             36          Section 1. Section 45-1-101 is amended to read:
             37           45-1-101. Legal notice publication requirements.
             38          (1) As used in this section:
             39          (a) "Average advertisement rate" means a newspaper's gross advertising revenue for the
             40      preceding calendar quarter divided by the gross column-inch space used in the newspaper for
             41      advertising for the previous calendar quarter.
             42          (b) "Column-inch space" means a unit of space that is one standard column wide by
             43      one inch high.
             44          (c) "Gross advertising revenue" means the total revenue obtained by a newspaper from
             45      all of its qualifying advertising segments.
             46          [(a)] (d) (i) "Legal notice" means:
             47          [(i)] (A) a communication required to be made public by a state statute or state agency
             48      rule; or
             49          [(ii)] (B) a notice required for judicial proceedings or by judicial decision.
             50          [(b)] (ii) "Legal notice" does not include:
             51          (A) a public notice published by a public body in accordance with the provisions of
             52      Sections 52-4-202 and 63F-1-701 [.]; or
             53          (B) a notice of delinquency in the payment of property taxes described in Section
             54      59-2-1332.5 .
             55          (e) "Public legal notice website" means the website described in Subsection (2)(b) for
             56      the purpose of publishing a legal notice online.



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         (f) (i) "Qualifying advertising segment" means, except as provided in Subsection
             58      (1)(f)(ii), a category of print advertising sold by a newspaper, including classified advertising,
             59      line advertising, and display advertising.
             60          (ii) "Qualifying advertising segment" does not include legal notice advertising.
             61          (g) "Special service district" is as defined in Section 17D-1-102 .
             62          (2) [(a) Notwithstanding] Except as provided in Subsections (8) and (9),
             63      notwithstanding any other legal notice provision established [in this Utah Code] by law, a
             64      person required by law to publish legal notice shall publish the notice:
             65          [(i) until January 1, 2010, shall publish as required by the statute establishing the legal
             66      notice requirement; and]
             67          [(ii) beginning on January 1, 2010, shall publish legal notice:]
             68          [(A)] (a) as required by the statute establishing the legal notice requirement; and
             69          [(B)] (b) on a public legal notice website established by the [collective] combined
             70      efforts of Utah's newspapers[.] that collectively distribute newspapers to the majority of
             71      newspaper subscribers in the state.
             72          (3) The public legal notice website shall:
             73          (a) be available for viewing and searching by the general public, free of charge; and
             74          (b) accept legal notice posting from any newspaper in the state.
             75          [(b)] (4) A [person's publishing] person that publishes legal notice as required under
             76      Subsection (2)[(a)] [does] is not [relieve the person] relieved from complying with an
             77      otherwise applicable requirement under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             78          [(3) Beginning on January 1, 2012, notwithstanding any provision of law requiring
             79      publication of legal notice in a newspaper, a person who publishes legal notice that is required
             80      to be given in a county of the first or second class:]
             81          [(a) is not required to comply with the requirement to publish legal notice in a
             82      newspaper;]
             83          [(b) is required to publish legal notice on the website described in Subsection
             84      (2)(a)(ii)(B); and]
             85          [(c) may, in addition to complying with Subsection (3)(b), publish legal notice in a
             86      newspaper.]
             87          [(4) The website described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B) may not:]



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         [(a) charge a fee to publish a legal notice on the website before January 1, 2012; and]
             89          [(b) charge more than $10 to publish a legal notice on the website on or after January 1,
             90      2012.]
             91          (5) If legal notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper, or if a special
             92      service district publishes legal notice in a newspaper, the newspaper:
             93          (a) may not charge more for publication than the newspaper's average advertisement
             94      rate; and
             95          (b) shall publish the legal notice on the public legal notice website at no additional
             96      cost.
             97          (6) If legal notice is not required by law to be published in a newspaper, or if a special
             98      service district with an annual operating budget of less than $250,000 chooses to publish a
             99      legal notice on the public notice website without publishing the complete notice in the
             100      newspaper, a newspaper:
             101          (a) may not charge more than an amount equal to 15% of the newspaper's average
             102      advertisement rate for publishing five column lines in the newspaper to publish legal notice on
             103      the public legal notice website;
             104          (b) may not require that the legal notice be published in the newspaper; and
             105          (c) at the request of the person publishing on the legal notice website, shall publish in
             106      the newspaper up to five column lines, at no additional charge, that briefly describe the legal
             107      notice and provide the web address where the full public legal notice can be found.
             108          (7) If a newspaper offers to publish the type of legal notice described in Subsection (5),
             109      it may not refuse to publish the type of legal notice described in Subsection (6).
             110          (8) Notwithstanding the requirements of a statute that requires the publication of legal
             111      notice, if legal notice is required by law to be published by a special service district with an
             112      annual operating budget of $250,000 or more, the special service district shall satisfy its legal
             113      notice publishing requirements by:
             114          (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid:
             115          (i) to each voter in the special service district; and
             116          (ii) that contains the information required by the statute that requires the publication of
             117      legal notice; or
             118          (b) publishing the legal notice in a newspaper and on the legal public notice website as



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     described in Subsection (5).
             120          (9) Notwithstanding the requirements of a statute that requires the publication of legal
             121      notice, if legal notice is required by law to be published by a special service district with an
             122      annual operating budget of less than $250,000, the special service district shall satisfy its legal
             123      notice publishing requirements by:
             124          (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid:
             125          (i) to each voter in the special service district; and
             126          (ii) that contains the information required by the statute that requires the publication of
             127      legal notice; or
             128          (b) publishing the legal notice in a newspaper and on the public legal notice website as
             129      described in Subsection (5); or
             130          (c) publishing the legal notice on the public legal notice website as described in
             131      Subsection (6).
             132          Section 2. Section 59-2-1332.5 is amended to read:
             133           59-2-1332.5. Mailing notice of delinquency or publication of delinquent list --
             134      Contents -- Notice -- Definitions.
             135          (1) The county treasurer shall provide notice of delinquency in the payment of property
             136      taxes:
             137          (a) except as provided in Subsection (4), on or before December 31 of each calendar
             138      year; and
             139          (b) in a manner described in Subsection (2).
             140          (2) A notice of delinquency in the payment of property taxes shall be provided by:
             141          (a) (i) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid:
             142          (A) to each delinquent taxpayer; and
             143          (B) that includes the information required by Subsection (3)(a); and
             144          (ii) making available to the public a list of delinquencies in the payment of property
             145      taxes:
             146          (A) [(I)] by electronic means; and
             147          [(II) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 ; and]
             148          (B) that includes the information required by Subsection (3)(b); or
             149          (b) publishing a list of delinquencies in the payment of property taxes:



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         (i) in one issue of a newspaper having general circulation in the county;
             151          (ii) that lists each delinquency in alphabetical order by:
             152          (A) the last name of the delinquent taxpayer; or
             153          (B) if the delinquent taxpayer is a business entity, the name of the business entity; and
             154          (iii) that includes the information required by Subsection (3)(b).
             155          (3) (a) A written notice of delinquency in the payment of property taxes described in
             156      Subsection (2)(a)(i) shall include:
             157          (i) a statement that delinquent taxes are due;
             158          (ii) the amount of delinquent taxes due, not including any penalties imposed in
             159      accordance with this chapter;
             160          (iii) (A) the name of the delinquent taxpayer; or
             161          (B) if the delinquent taxpayer is a business entity, the name of the business entity;
             162          (iv) (A) a description of the delinquent property; or
             163          (B) the property identification number of the delinquent property;
             164          (v) a statement that a penalty shall be imposed in accordance with this chapter; and
             165          (vi) a statement that interest accrues as of January 1 following the date of the
             166      delinquency unless before January 16 the following are paid:
             167          (A) the delinquent taxes; and
             168          (B) the penalty.
             169          (b) The list of delinquencies described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii) or (2)(b) shall include:
             170          (i) the amount of delinquent taxes due, not including any penalties imposed in
             171      accordance with this chapter;
             172          (ii) (A) the name of the delinquent taxpayer; or
             173          (B) if the delinquent taxpayer is a business entity, the name of the business entity;
             174          (iii) (A) a description of the delinquent property; or
             175          (B) the property identification number of the delinquent property;
             176          (iv) a statement that a penalty shall be imposed in accordance with this chapter; and
             177          (v) a statement that interest accrues as of January 1 following the date of the
             178      delinquency unless before January 16 the following are paid:
             179          (A) the delinquent taxes; and
             180          (B) the penalty.



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         (4) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), if the county legislative body extends the date
             182      when taxes become delinquent under Subsection 59-2-1332 (1), the notice of delinquency in the
             183      payment of property taxes shall be provided on or before January 10.
             184          (5) (a) In addition to the notice of delinquency in the payment of property taxes
             185      required by Subsection (1), a county treasurer may in accordance with this Subsection (5) mail
             186      a notice that property taxes are delinquent:
             187          (i) to:
             188          (A) a delinquent taxpayer;
             189          (B) an owner of record of the delinquent property;
             190          (C) any other interested party that requests notice; or
             191          (D) a combination of Subsections (5)(a)(i)(A) through (C); and
             192          (ii) at any time that the county treasurer considers appropriate.
             193          (b) A notice mailed in accordance with this Subsection (5):
             194          (i) shall include the information required by Subsection (3)(a); and
             195          (ii) may include any information that the county treasurer finds is useful to the owner
             196      of record of the delinquent property in determining:
             197          (A) the status of taxes owed on the delinquent property;
             198          (B) any penalty that is owed on the delinquent property;
             199          (C) any interest charged under Section 59-2-1331 on the delinquent property; or
             200          (D) any related matters concerning the delinquent property.
             201          (6) As used in this section, "business entity" means:
             202          (a) an association;
             203          (b) a corporation;
             204          (c) a limited liability company;
             205          (d) a partnership;
             206          (e) a trust; or
             207          (f) a business entity similar to Subsections (6)(a) through (e).
             208          Section 3. Repealer.
             209          This bill repeals:
             210          Section 45-1-202, Maximum charge.


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