S 7053 NY
Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet
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Summary
This bill amends county law to authorize counties that do not have a newspaper published within their borders to publish local laws and official notices through an official county website or a state-run digital platform instead. The bill creates an exemption from the requirement that counties designate a newspaper for publishing official notices and local laws. Counties with a newspaper published within the county remain subject to the existing newspaper publication requirement. The bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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Official abstract
Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet where such county doesn't have a newspaper published within the county.
Sponsor (1)
- Lea Webb Democratic · primary
Action history (15)
- Mar 31, 2025 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1997 · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.760 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 11, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 11, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 11, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S07053 Summary: BILL NO S07053   SAME AS SAME AS A08262
  SPONSOR WEBB   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §214, County L   Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet where such county doesn't have a newspaper published within the county.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
7053
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 31, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to authorizing counties to post legal notices and local laws via the internet
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 214 of the county law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Exemption. The provisions herein requiring the designation of a 4 newspaper for official notices for local laws, notices and other matters 5 required by law to be published as required in subdivision two of this 6 section shall not apply where a county does not have a newspaper 7 published within the county. Such county shall be authorized to publish 8 local laws and notices through an official county website or other 9 state-run digital platform. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11363-01-5
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