PRINTER'S NO. 2496
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2148
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, BOBACK, HICKERNELL, MILLARD AND CIRESI,
DECEMBER 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Titles 45 (Legal Notices) and 65 (Public Officers) of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising,
providing for redundant advertising on Internet by
municipalities; and, in open meetings, further providing for
public notice.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 308.1. Redundant advertising on Internet by municipalities.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other law, in a case
where a municipality is required to advertise in a newspaper of
general circulation, the municipality may publish a redundant
advertisement on the municipality's publicly accessible Internet
website in addition to the newspaper advertisement.
(b) Effect of redundant advertisement.--In the event that
the newspaper advertisement fails to be timely published by the
newspaper, the advertisement shall be valid on the date that it
was redundantly advertised on the municipality's publicly
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accessible Internet website.
(c) Proof of publication.--A municipality that holds a
meeting under a redundant advertisement shall enter in the
record a copy of the advertisement provided to the newspaper and
proof that the municipality purchased the advertisement in a
timely fashion. Proof shall consist of a receipt or any other
similar communication showing the amount paid and the date of
the purchase.
Section 2. Section 709 of Title 65 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 709. Public notice.
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(b.1) Redundant advertising on Internet by municipalities.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a political
subdivision may satisfy the public notice requirement by using a
redundant advertisement in accordance with 45 Pa.C.S. § 308.1
(relating to redundant advertising on Internet by
municipalities).
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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