What's happening
This bill requires county clerks to designate specific newspapers for publishing legal notices and judicial proceedings.
Why it matters
Centralizes and formalizes the process for selecting newspapers. By requiring county clerks to designate specific newspapers for legal notices and judicial proceedings, the bill aims to create consistency and eliminate ambiguity about where such information must be published.
Potentially impacts public access and transparency. The choice of newspaper(s) could affect how easily residents can find important legal notices and judicial updates, especially in areas where access to certain publications varies.
May affect local newspaper business and competition. Designation by the county clerk could give a significant revenue boost to selected newspapers, while others may lose out on opportunities to publish lucrative legal notices.
Clarifies compliance for legal practitioners and officials. By specifying which newspapers must be used, the bill helps lawyers, businesses, and government agencies ensure they meet notification requirements, reducing the risk of legal challenges due to improper publication.
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Who cares
County clerks
When required by law to designate newspapers for legal notices, they would have to include the newspaper or journal, if any, legally designated for notices and advertisements of judicial proceedings in the county.
Newspapers and journals designated for judicial notices
They would be assured a place among the newspapers county clerks designate for legal notices where clerks are required to make those designations.
Other newspapers publishing legal notices
They could face fewer designation opportunities because one slot would have to go to the county’s legally designated judicial-notice publication, if one exists.
Headline styles
Clerks Pick Judicial Newspaper
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History
- Referred to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3401
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the publication of judicial proceedings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 535 to read as follows:
§ 535. Designation of newspapers by county clerk. Where a county clerk is required by law to designate one or more newspapers for the publication of legal notices, such newspaper or, if there be more than one, one such newspaper shall be the newspaper or journal, if any, designated by law for the publication of every notice and advertisement of judicial proceedings in the county.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04653-01-9
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