| 1 | Representative(s) Richardson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (909955) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | On page 1, line(s) 15, insert: |
| 6 | Section 1. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 7 | read: |
| 8 | 50.011 Where and in what language legal notices to be |
| 9 | published.--Whenever by statute an official or legal |
| 10 | advertisement or a publication, or notice in a newspaper has |
| 11 | been or is directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu of |
| 12 | process, or for constructive service, or in initiating, |
| 13 | assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or |
| 14 | power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and |
| 15 | advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, the |
| 16 | contemporaneous and continuous intent and meaning of such |
| 17 | legislation all and singular, existing or repealed, is and has |
| 18 | been and is hereby declared to be and to have been, and the rule |
| 19 | of interpretation is and has been, a publication in a newspaper |
| 20 | printed and published periodically once a week or oftener, |
| 21 | containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English |
| 22 | language, entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as |
| 23 | periodicals matter at a post office in the county where |
| 24 | published, for sale to the public generally, available to the |
| 25 | public generally for the publication of official or other |
| 26 | notices and customarily containing information of a public |
| 27 | character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners |
| 28 | of property in the county where published, or of interest or of |
| 29 | value to the general public. Whenever a legal advertisement is |
| 30 | required, the advertisement must be published once in a |
| 31 | minority-owned newspaper if one exists. |
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| 34 | On page 1, line(s) 2 and 3, remove: |
| 35 | all of said lines |
| 36 | and insert: |
| 37 | An act relating to legal advertisements; amending s. 50.011, |
| 38 | F.S.; requiring legal advertisements to be published in a |
| 39 | minority-owned newspaper under certain circumstances; |