HOUSE BILL 667

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Ron Godbey







AN ACT

RELATING TO LEGAL NOTICES; PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTRONIC POSTING OF LEGAL NOTICES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of Chapter 14, Article 11 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] ELECTRONIC POSTING OF LEGAL NOTICES.--

A. Legal notices and advertisements of a state agency shall be posted on the state agency's web site. If a county, municipality, board of education or other political subdivision of the state has a web site, it shall post its legal notices and advertisements on its web site. Electronic posting is not a substitute for required publication of legal notices and advertisements.

B. Electronically posted legal notices and advertisements shall be indexed in such a way that the general public is able to easily find a particular legal notice or advertisement by subject."

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