Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7204
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget
       
       
       
       
       576-03091-11                                          20117204__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to effective public notices by
    3         governmental entities; creating s. 50.0311, F.S.;
    4         defining the term “publicly accessible website”;
    5         authorizing a local government to use its publicly
    6         accessible website for legally required advertisements
    7         and public notices; providing conditions for such use;
    8         providing for optional receipt of legally required
    9         advertisements and public notices by first-class mail
   10         or e-mail; providing requirements for advertisements
   11         and public notices published on a publicly accessible
   12         website; amending s. 50.011, F.S.; providing that a
   13         notice, advertisement, or publication on a publicly
   14         accessible website of a local government in accordance
   15         with s. 50.0311, F.S., constitutes legal notice;
   16         amending s. 50.021, F.S.; providing that
   17         advertisements directed by law or order or decree of
   18         court to be made in a county in which no newspaper is
   19         published may be made by publication on a publicly
   20         accessible website; amending s. 50.051, F.S.;
   21         providing clarifying provisions; amending s. 50.061,
   22         F.S.; providing clarifying provisions; amending s.
   23         100.342, F.S.; providing for notice of special
   24         election or referendum on a publicly accessible
   25         website; amending s. 125.66, F.S.; providing for
   26         notice of consideration of an ordinance by a board of
   27         county commissioners to be published on a publicly
   28         accessible website; requiring maintenance of the
   29         advertisement for a specified period; providing
   30         clarifying provisions; amending s. 129.03, F.S.;
   31         providing for the advertisement of a summary statement
   32         of adopted tentative county budgets on a publicly
   33         accessible website; amending s. 129.06, F.S.;
   34         providing for advertisement of a public hearing
   35         relating to the amendment of a county budget on a
   36         publicly accessible website; amending s. 153.79, F.S.;
   37         providing for public advertisement by a county water
   38         and sewer system district of projects to construct,
   39         reconstruct, acquire, or improve a water system or a
   40         sewer system, and of a call for sealed bids for such
   41         projects, on a publicly accessible website; amending
   42         s. 159.32, F.S.; providing for advertisement for
   43         competitive bids for contracts for the construction of
   44         a project under the Florida Industrial Development
   45         Financing Act on a publicly accessible website;
   46         amending s. 162.12, F.S.; providing for optional
   47         serving of notice by a code enforcement board of a
   48         violation of a county or municipal code via a publicly
   49         accessible website; amending s. 163.3184, F.S.;
   50         providing for notice of public hearings on the
   51         adoption of a local government comprehensive plan or
   52         plan amendment or the approval of a compliance
   53         agreement under the Local Government Comprehensive
   54         Planning and Land Development Regulation Act via a
   55         publicly accessible website; amending s. 166.041,
   56         F.S.; providing for notice of adoption of a municipal
   57         ordinance via a publicly accessible website; providing
   58         clarifying provisions; amending s. 170.05, F.S.;
   59         providing for publication on a publicly accessible
   60         website of a resolution relating to municipal public
   61         improvements financed by special assessments; amending
   62         s. 170.07, F.S.; providing for publication on a
   63         publicly accessible website of notice of hearing on
   64         municipal public improvements financed by special
   65         assessments; amending s. 180.24, F.S.; providing for
   66         advertisement via a publicly accessible website of
   67         specified construction contracts for utilities or
   68         extensions to a previously constructed utility;
   69         amending s. 197.3632, F.S.; providing for publication
   70         on a publicly accessible website of a local
   71         government’s notice of intent to use the uniform
   72         method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments;
   73         amending s. 200.065, F.S.; providing for advertisement
   74         on a publicly accessible website of a taxing
   75         authority’s intent to adopt a millage rate and budget;
   76         providing for advertisement on a publicly accessible
   77         website of the intention of a specified multicounty
   78         taxing authority to adopt a tentative budget and
   79         millage rate; providing clarifying and conforming
   80         provisions; providing for notice via a publicly
   81         accessible website of correction of a specified error
   82         contained in a notice of proposed property taxes
   83         mailed to taxpayers; amending s. 255.0525, F.S.;
   84         providing for advertisement via a publicly accessible
   85         website for the solicitation of competitive bids or
   86         proposals for construction projects of a county,
   87         municipality, or other political subdivision which are
   88         projected to exceed specified costs; amending s.
   89         380.06, F.S.; providing for publication of an
   90         advertisement on a publicly accessible website of a
   91         public hearing by a local government on an areawide
   92         development of regional impact under the Florida
   93         Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972;
   94         amending s. 403.7049, F.S.; prescribing procedures for
   95         fulfilling public disclosure system requirements with
   96         respect to the duty of a municipality to disclose
   97         costs for solid waste management; amending s. 403.973,
   98         F.S.; redefining the term “duly noticed” to include
   99         publication on a publicly accessible website;
  100         providing conforming provisions; amending s. 420.9075,
  101         F.S.; providing for advertisement of notice on a
  102         publicly accessible website of funding availability
  103         through a local housing assistance plan under the
  104         State Housing Initiatives Partnership Act; providing
  105         an effective date.
  106  
  107  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  108  
  109         Section 1. Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, is created to
  110  read:
  111         50.0311 Publication of advertisements and public notices on
  112  a local government’s publicly accessible website and government
  113  access channels.—
  114         (1) For purposes of notices and advertisements required by
  115  statute to be published by a local government, the term
  116  “publicly accessible website” means a county or municipal
  117  government’s official website that is accessible via the
  118  Internet.
  119         (2) If specifically authorized by ordinance, a local
  120  government may use its website for legally required
  121  advertisements and public notices if:
  122         (a) A public library or other governmental facility
  123  providing free access to the Internet during regular business
  124  hours exists within the jurisdictional boundaries of such county
  125  or municipality;
  126         (b) The local government provides notice to its residents
  127  at least once per year in a newspaper of general circulation,
  128  the county or municipality’s newsletter or periodical, or
  129  another publication that is mailed or delivered to all residents
  130  or property owners throughout the local government’s
  131  jurisdiction, indicating that residents may receive legally
  132  required advertisements and public notices from the local
  133  government by first-class mail or e-mail upon registering their
  134  name and address or e-mail address with the local governmental
  135  entity; and
  136         (c) The local government maintains a registry of names,
  137  addresses, and e-mail addresses of residents who request in
  138  writing that they receive legally required advertisements and
  139  public notices from the local government by first-class mail or
  140  e-mail.
  141         (3) Advertisements and public notices published on a
  142  publicly accessible website shall be conspicuously placed on the
  143  website’s homepage or accessible through a direct link from the
  144  homepage. The advertisement shall indicate the date on which the
  145  advertisement was first published on the publicly accessible
  146  website.
  147         (4) The local government that has a government access
  148  channel authorized under s. 610.109 may also include on its
  149  government access channel a summary of all advertisements and
  150  public notices that are published on its website.
  151         Section 2. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  152  read:
  153         50.011 Where and in what language legal notices to be
  154  published.—Whenever by statute an official or legal
  155  advertisement or a publication, or notice in a newspaper has
  156  been or is directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu of
  157  process, or for constructive service, or in initiating,
  158  assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or
  159  power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and
  160  advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, the
  161  contemporaneous and continuous intent and meaning of such
  162  legislation all and singular, existing or repealed, is and has
  163  been and is hereby declared to be and to have been, and the rule
  164  of interpretation is and has been, a publication in a newspaper
  165  printed and published periodically once a week or oftener,
  166  containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English
  167  language, entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as
  168  periodicals matter at a post office in the county where
  169  published, for sale to the public generally, available to the
  170  public generally for the publication of official or other
  171  notices and customarily containing information of a public
  172  character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners
  173  of property in the county where published, or of interest or of
  174  value to the general public. Notwithstanding any provisions to
  175  the contrary, and as specifically authorized by s. 50.0311, a
  176  notice, advertisement, or publication on a publicly accessible
  177  website of a local government in accordance with s. 50.0311
  178  constitutes legal notice.
  179         Section 3. Section 50.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  180  read:
  181         50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.—When any
  182  law, or order or decree of court, shall direct advertisements to
  183  be made in any county and there be no newspaper published in the
  184  said county, the advertisement may be made, in the case of a
  185  county or municipality, by publishing such advertisement on a
  186  publicly accessible website maintained by the entity responsible
  187  for publication or posting three copies thereof in three
  188  different places in said county, one of which shall be at the
  189  front door of the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest
  190  county in which a newspaper is published.
  191         Section 4. Section 50.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  192  read:
  193         50.051 Proof of publication; form of uniform affidavit.—The
  194  printed form upon which all such affidavits establishing proof
  195  of publication in a newspaper are to be executed shall be
  196  substantially as follows:
  197  
  198                          NAME OF NEWSPAPER                        
  199  
  200                     Published (Weekly or Daily)                   
  201  
  202                   (Town or City) (County) FLORIDA                 
  203  
  204  STATE OF FLORIDA
  205  
  206  COUNTY OF ....:
  207         Before the undersigned authority personally appeared ....,
  208  who on oath says that he or she is .... of the ...., a ....
  209  newspaper published at .... in .... County, Florida; that the
  210  attached copy of advertisement, being a .... in the matter of
  211  .... in the .... Court, was published in said newspaper in the
  212  issues of .....
  213         Affiant further says that the said .... is a newspaper
  214  published at ...., in said .... County, Florida, and that the
  215  said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in
  216  said .... County, Florida, each .... and has been entered as
  217  periodicals matter at the post office in ...., in said ....
  218  County, Florida, for a period of 1 year next preceding the first
  219  publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant
  220  further says that he or she has neither paid nor promised any
  221  person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or
  222  refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for
  223  publication in the said newspaper.
  224  
  225  Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ....,
  226  ...(year)..., by ...., who is personally known to me or who has
  227  produced (type of identification) as identification.
  228  
  229  ...(Signature of Notary Public)...
  230  
  231  ...(Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public)...
  232  
  233  ...(Notary Public)...
  234         Section 5. Subsection (4) of section 50.061, Florida
  235  Statutes, is amended to read:
  236         50.061 Amounts chargeable.—
  237         (4) All official public notices and legal advertisements
  238  published in a newspaper shall be charged and paid for on the
  239  basis of 6-point type on 6-point body, unless otherwise
  240  specified by statute.
  241         Section 6. Section 100.342, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  242  read:
  243         100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.—In any
  244  special election or referendum not otherwise provided for there
  245  shall be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or referendum
  246  by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
  247  county, district, or municipality, as the case may be, or, in
  248  the case of a county or municipality, publication on a publicly
  249  accessible website maintained by the local government
  250  responsible for publication and published daily during the 5
  251  weeks immediately preceding the election or referendum. If
  252  advertised in the newspaper, the publication shall be made at
  253  least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week
  254  prior to the week in which the election or referendum is to be
  255  held. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
  256  county, district, or municipality and publication is not made on
  257  a publicly accessible website maintained by the local government
  258  responsible for publication, the notice shall be posted in no
  259  fewer less than five places within the territorial limits of the
  260  county, district, or municipality.
  261         Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  262  (b) of subsection (4) of section 125.66, Florida Statutes, are
  263  amended to read:
  264         125.66 Ordinances; enactment procedure; emergency
  265  ordinances; rezoning or change of land use ordinances or
  266  resolutions.—
  267         (2)(a) The regular enactment procedure shall be as follows:
  268  The board of county commissioners at any regular or special
  269  meeting may enact or amend any ordinance, except as provided in
  270  subsection (4), if notice of intent to consider such ordinance
  271  is given at least 10 days before the prior to said meeting on a
  272  publicly accessible website maintained by the county or by
  273  publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
  274  If advertised on a publicly accessible website, the
  275  advertisement shall be published daily during the 10 days
  276  immediately preceding the meeting. A copy of such notice shall
  277  be kept available for public inspection during the regular
  278  business hours of the office of the clerk of the board of county
  279  commissioners. The notice of proposed enactment shall state the
  280  date, time, and place of the meeting; the title or titles of
  281  proposed ordinances; and the place or places within the county
  282  where such proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public.
  283  The notice shall also advise that interested parties may appear
  284  at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed
  285  ordinance.
  286         (4) Ordinances or resolutions, initiated by other than the
  287  county, that change the actual zoning map designation of a
  288  parcel or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to
  289  subsection (2). Ordinances or resolutions that change the actual
  290  list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a
  291  zoning category, or ordinances or resolutions initiated by the
  292  county that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel
  293  or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to the following
  294  procedure:
  295         (b) In cases in which the proposed ordinance or resolution
  296  changes the actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited
  297  uses within a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map
  298  designation of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10
  299  contiguous acres or more, the board of county commissioners
  300  shall provide for public notice and hearings as follows:
  301         1. The board of county commissioners shall hold two
  302  advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance or
  303  resolution. At least one hearing shall be held after 5 p.m. on a
  304  weekday, unless the board of county commissioners, by a majority
  305  plus one vote, elects to conduct that hearing at another time of
  306  day. The first public hearing shall be held at least 7 days
  307  after the day that the first advertisement is published. The
  308  second hearing shall be held at least 10 days after the first
  309  hearing and shall be advertised at least 5 days prior to the
  310  public hearing.
  311         2. The required newspaper advertisements shall be no less
  312  than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a standard size or a
  313  tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the advertisement
  314  shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The newspaper
  315  advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the
  316  newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
  317  appear. The newspaper advertisement shall be placed in a
  318  newspaper of general paid circulation in the county and of
  319  general interest and readership in the community pursuant to
  320  chapter 50, not one of limited subject matter. It is the
  321  legislative intent that, whenever possible, the newspaper
  322  advertisement shall appear in a newspaper that is published at
  323  least 5 days a week unless the only newspaper in the community
  324  is published less than 5 days a week. The newspaper
  325  advertisement shall be in substantially the following form:
  326  
  327                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  328  
  329         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  330  adopt the following by ordinance or resolution:...(title of
  331  ordinance or resolution)....
  332         A public hearing on the ordinance or resolution will be
  333  held on ...(date and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  334  
  335  Except for amendments which change the actual list of permitted,
  336  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, the
  337  advertisement shall contain a geographic location map which
  338  clearly indicates the area within the local government covered
  339  by the proposed ordinance or resolution. The map shall include
  340  major street names as a means of identification of the general
  341  area.
  342         3. In lieu of publishing the advertisements set out in this
  343  paragraph, the board of county commissioners may mail a notice
  344  to each person owning real property within the area covered by
  345  the ordinance or resolution. Such notice shall clearly explain
  346  the proposed ordinance or resolution and shall notify the person
  347  of the time, place, and location of both public hearings on the
  348  proposed ordinance or resolution.
  349         Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  350  129.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  351         129.03 Preparation and adoption of budget.—
  352         (3) No later than 15 days after certification of value by
  353  the property appraiser pursuant to s. 200.065(1), the county
  354  budget officer, after tentatively ascertaining the proposed
  355  fiscal policies of the board for the ensuing fiscal year, shall
  356  prepare and present to the board a tentative budget for the
  357  ensuing fiscal year for each of the funds provided in this
  358  chapter, including all estimated receipts, taxes to be levied,
  359  and balances expected to be brought forward and all estimated
  360  expenditures, reserves, and balances to be carried over at the
  361  end of the year.
  362         (b) Upon receipt of the tentative budgets and completion of
  363  any revisions made by the board, the board shall prepare a
  364  statement summarizing all of the adopted tentative budgets. This
  365  summary statement shall show, for each budget and the total of
  366  all budgets, the proposed tax millages, the balances, the
  367  reserves, and the total of each major classification of receipts
  368  and expenditures, classified according to the classification of
  369  accounts prescribed by the appropriate state agency. The board
  370  shall cause this summary statement to be advertised one time in
  371  a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, on a
  372  publicly accessible website maintained by the county, or by
  373  posting at the courthouse door if there is no such newspaper or
  374  website, and the advertisement shall appear adjacent to the
  375  advertisement required pursuant to s. 200.065.
  376         Section 9. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
  377  129.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  378         129.06 Execution and amendment of budget.—
  379         (2) The board at any time within a fiscal year may amend a
  380  budget for that year, and may within the first 60 days of a
  381  fiscal year amend the budget for the prior fiscal year, as
  382  follows:
  383         (f) If an amendment to a budget is required for a purpose
  384  not specifically authorized in paragraphs (a)-(e), unless
  385  otherwise prohibited by law, the amendment may be authorized by
  386  resolution or ordinance of the board of county commissioners
  387  adopted following a public hearing. The public hearing must be
  388  advertised at least 2 days, but not more than 5 days, before the
  389  date of the hearing. The advertisement must appear on a publicly
  390  accessible website maintained by the county or in a newspaper of
  391  paid general circulation and must identify the name of the
  392  taxing authority, the date, place, and time of the hearing, and
  393  the purpose of the hearing. If advertised in the newspaper, the
  394  public hearing must be advertised at least 2 days, but not more
  395  than 5 days, before the date of the hearing. If advertised on a
  396  publicly accessible website, the notice must be published daily
  397  during the 5 days immediately preceding the hearing. The
  398  advertisement must also identify each budgetary fund to be
  399  amended, the source of the funds, the use of the funds, and the
  400  total amount of each budget.
  401         Section 10. Section 153.79, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  402  read:
  403         153.79 Contracts for construction of improvements, sealed
  404  bids.—All contracts let, awarded, or entered into by the
  405  district for the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition or
  406  improvement of a water system or a sewer system or both or any
  407  part thereof, if the amount thereof shall exceed $1,000, shall
  408  be awarded only after public advertisement and call for sealed
  409  bids therefor on a publicly accessible website maintained by the
  410  county or, in a newspaper published in the county circulating in
  411  the district, or, if there is be no such website or newspaper,
  412  then in a newspaper published in the state and circulating in
  413  the district. If advertised in the newspaper, such advertisement
  414  shall to be published at least once at least 3 weeks before the
  415  date set for the receipt of such bids. If advertised on a
  416  publicly accessible website, such advertisement shall be
  417  published daily during the 3 weeks immediately preceding the
  418  date set for the receipt of such bids. Such advertisements for
  419  bids in addition to the other necessary and pertinent matter
  420  shall state in general terms the nature and description of the
  421  improvement or improvements to be undertaken and shall state
  422  that detailed plans and specifications for such work are on file
  423  for inspection in the office of the district clerk and copies
  424  thereof shall be furnished to any interested party upon payment
  425  of reasonable charges to reimburse the district for its expenses
  426  in providing such copies. The award shall be made to the
  427  responsible and competent bidder or bidders who shall offer to
  428  undertake the improvements at the lowest cost to the district
  429  and such bidder or bidders shall be required to file bond for
  430  the full and faithful performance of such work and the execution
  431  of any such contract in such amount as the district board shall
  432  determine, and in all other respects the letting of such
  433  construction contracts shall comply with applicable provisions
  434  of the general laws relating to the letting of public contracts.
  435  Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the district
  436  from hiring or retaining such consulting engineers, attorneys,
  437  financial experts or other technicians as it shall determine, in
  438  its discretion, or from undertaking any construction work with
  439  its own resources, without any such public advertisement.
  440         Section 11. Section 159.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  441  read:
  442         159.32 Construction contracts.—Contracts for the
  443  construction of the project may be awarded by the local agency
  444  in such manner as in its judgment will best promote free and
  445  open competition, including advertisement for competitive bids
  446  in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of
  447  the local agency or on a publicly accessible website maintained
  448  by the county; however, if the local agency shall determine that
  449  the purposes of this part will be more effectively served, the
  450  local agency in its discretion may award or cause to be awarded
  451  contracts for the construction of any project, or any part
  452  thereof, upon a negotiated basis as determined by the local
  453  agency. The local agency shall prescribe bid security
  454  requirements and other procedures in connection with the award
  455  of such contracts as in its judgment shall protect the public
  456  interest. The local agency may by written contract engage the
  457  services of the lessee, purchaser, or prospective lessee or
  458  purchaser of any project in the construction of the project and
  459  may provide in the contract that the lessee, purchaser, or
  460  prospective lessee or purchaser may act as an agent of, or an
  461  independent contractor for, the local agency for the performance
  462  of the functions described therein, subject to such conditions
  463  and requirements consistent with the provisions of this part as
  464  shall be prescribed in the contract, including functions such as
  465  the acquisition of the site and other real property for the
  466  project; the preparation of plans, specifications, and contract
  467  documents; the award of construction and other contracts upon a
  468  competitive or negotiated basis; the construction of the
  469  project, or any part thereof, directly by the lessee, purchaser,
  470  or prospective lessee or purchaser; the inspection and
  471  supervision of construction; the employment of engineers,
  472  architects, builders, and other contractors; and the provision
  473  of money to pay the cost thereof pending reimbursement by the
  474  local agency. Any such contract may provide that the local
  475  agency may, out of proceeds of bonds, make advances to or
  476  reimburse the lessee, purchaser, or prospective lessee or
  477  purchaser for its costs incurred in the performance of those
  478  functions, and shall set forth the supporting documents required
  479  to be submitted to the local agency and the reviews,
  480  examinations, and audits that shall be required in connection
  481  therewith to assure compliance with the provisions of this part
  482  and the contract.
  483         Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  484  162.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  485         162.12 Notices.—
  486         (2) In addition to providing notice as set forth in
  487  subsection (1), at the option of the code enforcement board,
  488  notice may also be served by publication or posting, as follows:
  489         (a)1. Such notice shall be published once during each week
  490  for 4 consecutive weeks (four publications being sufficient) in
  491  a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the code
  492  enforcement board is located or daily during the 4 weeks
  493  immediately preceding the hearing on a publicly accessible
  494  website maintained by the local government. The website and
  495  newspaper shall meet such requirements as are prescribed under
  496  chapter 50 for legal and official advertisements.
  497         2. Proof of newspaper publication shall be made as provided
  498  in ss. 50.041 and 50.051.
  499  
  500  Evidence that an attempt has been made to hand deliver or mail
  501  notice as provided in subsection (1), together with proof of
  502  publication or posting as provided in subsection (2), shall be
  503  sufficient to show that the notice requirements of this part
  504  have been met, without regard to whether or not the alleged
  505  violator actually received such notice.
  506         Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (15) and paragraph
  507  (c) of subsection (16) of section 163.3184, Florida Statutes,
  508  are amended to read:
  509         163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan
  510  amendment.—
  511         (15) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—
  512         (b) The local governing body shall hold at least two
  513  advertised public hearings on the proposed comprehensive plan or
  514  plan amendment as follows:
  515         1. The first public hearing shall be held at the
  516  transmittal stage pursuant to subsection (3). It shall be held
  517  on a weekday at least 7 days after the day that the first
  518  advertisement is published or after the notice of the first
  519  public hearing is initially published on the publicly accessible
  520  website.
  521         2. The second public hearing shall be held at the adoption
  522  stage pursuant to subsection (7). It shall be held on a weekday
  523  at least 5 days after the day that the second advertisement is
  524  published or after the notice of the second public hearing is
  525  initially published on the publicly accessible website.
  526         (16) COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTS.—
  527         (c) Before Prior to its execution of a compliance
  528  agreement, the local government must approve the compliance
  529  agreement at a public hearing advertised at least 10 days before
  530  the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the
  531  area or daily during the 10 days immediately preceding the
  532  hearing on a publicly accessible website maintained by the local
  533  government in accordance with the advertisement requirements of
  534  subsection (15).
  535         Section 14. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (3) of
  536  section 166.041, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  537         166.041 Procedures for adoption of ordinances and
  538  resolutions.—
  539         (3)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a proposed
  540  ordinance may be read by title, or in full, on at least 2
  541  separate days and shall, at least 10 days before prior to
  542  adoption, be noticed once in a newspaper of general circulation
  543  in the municipality or noticed daily during the 10 days
  544  immediately preceding the adoption on a publicly accessible
  545  website maintained by the municipality. The notice of proposed
  546  enactment shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting;
  547  the title or titles of proposed ordinances; and the place or
  548  places within the municipality where such proposed ordinances
  549  may be inspected by the public. The notice shall also advise
  550  that interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard
  551  with respect to the proposed ordinance.
  552         (c) Ordinances initiated by other than the municipality
  553  that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel or
  554  parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to paragraph (a).
  555  Ordinances that change the actual list of permitted,
  556  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, or
  557  ordinances initiated by the municipality that change the actual
  558  zoning map designation of a parcel or parcels of land shall be
  559  enacted pursuant to the following procedure:
  560         1. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  561  actual zoning map designation for a parcel or parcels of land
  562  involving less than 10 contiguous acres, the governing body
  563  shall direct the clerk of the governing body to notify by mail
  564  each real property owner whose land the municipality will
  565  redesignate by enactment of the ordinance and whose address is
  566  known by reference to the latest ad valorem tax records. The
  567  notice shall state the substance of the proposed ordinance as it
  568  affects that property owner and shall set a time and place for
  569  one or more public hearings on such ordinance. Such notice shall
  570  be given at least 30 days prior to the date set for the public
  571  hearing, and a copy of the notice shall be kept available for
  572  public inspection during the regular business hours of the
  573  office of the clerk of the governing body. The governing body
  574  shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and may,
  575  upon the conclusion of the hearing, immediately adopt the
  576  ordinance.
  577         2. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  578  actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within
  579  a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map designation
  580  of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10 contiguous acres or
  581  more, the governing body shall provide for public notice and
  582  hearings as follows:
  583         a. The local governing body shall hold two advertised
  584  public hearings on the proposed ordinance. At least one hearing
  585  shall be held after 5 p.m. on a weekday, unless the local
  586  governing body, by a majority plus one vote, elects to conduct
  587  that hearing at another time of day. The first public hearing
  588  shall be held at least 7 days after the day that the first
  589  advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held at
  590  least 10 days after the first hearing and shall be advertised at
  591  least 5 days prior to the public hearing.
  592         b. The required newspaper advertisements shall be no less
  593  than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a standard size or a
  594  tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the advertisement
  595  shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The newspaper
  596  advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the
  597  newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
  598  appear. The newspaper advertisement shall be placed in a
  599  newspaper of general paid circulation in the municipality and of
  600  general interest and readership in the municipality, not one of
  601  limited subject matter, pursuant to chapter 50. It is the
  602  legislative intent that, whenever possible, the newspaper
  603  advertisement appear in a newspaper that is published at least 5
  604  days a week unless the only newspaper in the municipality is
  605  published less than 5 days a week. The newspaper advertisement
  606  shall be in substantially the following form:
  607  
  608                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  609  
  610         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  611  adopt the following ordinance:...(title of the ordinance)....
  612         A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on ...(date
  613  and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  614  
  615  Except for amendments which change the actual list of permitted,
  616  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, the
  617  advertisement shall contain a geographic location map which
  618  clearly indicates the area covered by the proposed ordinance.
  619  The map shall include major street names as a means of
  620  identification of the general area.
  621         c. In lieu of publishing the advertisement set out in this
  622  paragraph, the municipality may mail a notice to each person
  623  owning real property within the area covered by the ordinance.
  624  Such notice shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance and
  625  shall notify the person of the time, place, and location of any
  626  public hearing on the proposed ordinance.
  627         Section 15. Section 170.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  628  read:
  629         170.05 Publication of resolution.—Upon the adoption of the
  630  resolution provided for in s. 170.03, the municipality shall
  631  cause said resolution to be published on a publicly accessible
  632  website maintained by the municipality or one time in a
  633  newspaper of general circulation published in said municipality,
  634  and if there is be no website or newspaper published in said
  635  municipality, the governing authority of said municipality shall
  636  cause said resolution to be published once a week for a period
  637  of 2 weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in
  638  the county in which said municipality is located.
  639         Section 16. Section 170.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  640  read:
  641         170.07 Publication of preliminary assessment roll.—Upon the
  642  completion of said preliminary assessment roll, the governing
  643  authority of the municipality shall by resolution fix a time and
  644  place at which the owners of the property to be assessed or any
  645  other persons interested therein may appear before said
  646  governing authority and be heard as to the propriety and
  647  advisability of making such improvements, as to the cost
  648  thereof, as to the manner of payment therefor, and as to the
  649  amount thereof to be assessed against each property so improved.
  650  Thirty days’ notice in writing of such time and place shall be
  651  given to such property owners. The notice shall include the
  652  amount of the assessment and shall be served by mailing a copy
  653  to each of such property owners at his or her last known
  654  address, the names and addresses of such property owners to be
  655  obtained from the records of the property appraiser or from such
  656  other sources as the city or town clerk or engineer deems
  657  reliable, proof of such mailing to be made by the affidavit of
  658  the clerk or deputy clerk of said municipality, or by the
  659  engineer, said proof to be filed with the clerk, provided, that
  660  failure to mail said notice or notices shall not invalidate any
  661  of the proceedings hereunder. Notice of the time and place of
  662  such hearing shall also be given by two publications a week
  663  apart in a newspaper of general circulation in said municipality
  664  or by publication daily for 2 weeks on a publicly accessible
  665  website maintained by the municipality, and if there is be no
  666  website or newspaper published in said municipality, the
  667  governing authority of said municipality shall cause said notice
  668  to be published in like manner in a newspaper of general
  669  circulation published in the county in which said municipality
  670  is located; provided that the last publication shall be at least
  671  1 week before prior to the date of the hearing. Said notice
  672  shall describe the streets or other areas to be improved and
  673  advise all persons interested that the description of each
  674  property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each
  675  piece or parcel of property may be ascertained at the office of
  676  the clerk of the municipality. Such service by publication shall
  677  be verified by the affidavit of the publisher and filed with the
  678  clerk of said municipality.
  679         Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 180.24, Florida
  680  Statutes, is amended to read:
  681         180.24 Contracts for construction; bond; publication of
  682  notice; bids.—
  683         (1) Any municipality desiring the accomplishment of any or
  684  all of the purposes of this chapter may make contracts for the
  685  construction of any of the utilities mentioned in this chapter,
  686  or any extension or extensions to any previously constructed
  687  utility, which said contracts shall be in writing, and the
  688  contractor shall be required to give bond, which said bond shall
  689  be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the
  690  state; provided, however, construction contracts in excess of
  691  $25,000 shall be advertised by the publication of a notice in a
  692  newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said
  693  municipality is located at least once each week for 2
  694  consecutive weeks, by publication daily for 2 weeks on a
  695  publicly accessible website maintained by the municipality, or
  696  by posting three notices in three conspicuous places in said
  697  municipality, one of which shall be on the door of the city
  698  hall; and that at least 10 days shall elapse between the date of
  699  the first publication or posting of such notice and the date of
  700  receiving bids and the execution of such contract documents. For
  701  municipal construction projects identified in s. 255.0525, the
  702  notice provision of that section supersedes and replaces the
  703  notice provisions in this section.
  704         Section 18. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  705  197.3632, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  706         197.3632 Uniform method for the levy, collection, and
  707  enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments.—
  708         (3)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
  709  contrary, a local government which is authorized to impose a
  710  non-ad valorem assessment and which elects to use the uniform
  711  method of collecting such assessment for the first time as
  712  authorized in this section shall adopt a resolution at a public
  713  hearing before prior to January 1 or, if the property appraiser,
  714  tax collector, and local government agree, March 1. The
  715  resolution shall clearly state its intent to use the uniform
  716  method of collecting such assessment. The local government shall
  717  publish notice of its intent to use the uniform method for
  718  collecting such assessment weekly in a newspaper of general
  719  circulation within each county contained in the boundaries of
  720  the local government for 4 consecutive weeks preceding the
  721  hearing or, in the case of a county or municipality, daily
  722  during the 4 consecutive weeks immediately preceding the hearing
  723  on a publicly accessible website maintained by the county or
  724  municipality. The resolution shall state the need for the levy
  725  and shall include a legal description of the boundaries of the
  726  real property subject to the levy. If the resolution is adopted,
  727  the local governing board shall send a copy of it by United
  728  States mail to the property appraiser, the tax collector, and
  729  the department by January 10 or, if the property appraiser, tax
  730  collector, and local government agree, March 10.
  731         Section 19. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2), paragraph (g)
  732  of subsection (3), paragraph (b) of subsection (12), and
  733  paragraph (a) of subsection (14) of section 200.065, Florida
  734  Statutes, are amended to read:
  735         200.065 Method of fixing millage.—
  736         (2) No millage shall be levied until a resolution or
  737  ordinance has been approved by the governing board of the taxing
  738  authority which resolution or ordinance must be approved by the
  739  taxing authority according to the following procedure:
  740         (d) Within 15 days after the meeting adopting the tentative
  741  budget, the taxing authority shall advertise in a newspaper of
  742  general circulation in the county as provided in subsection (3),
  743  its intent to finally adopt a millage rate and budget or, in the
  744  case of a county or municipality, may advertise on its publicly
  745  accessible website its intent to finally adopt a millage rate
  746  and budget, and shall maintain the notice on its website until
  747  completion of the hearing. If advertised in a newspaper, a
  748  public hearing to finalize the budget and adopt a millage rate
  749  shall be held not less than 2 days nor more than 5 days after
  750  the day that the advertisement is first published. During the
  751  hearing, the governing body of the taxing authority shall amend
  752  the adopted tentative budget as it sees fit, adopt a final
  753  budget, and adopt a resolution or ordinance stating the millage
  754  rate to be levied. The resolution or ordinance shall state the
  755  percent, if any, by which the millage rate to be levied exceeds
  756  the rolled-back rate computed pursuant to subsection (1), which
  757  shall be characterized as the percentage increase in property
  758  taxes adopted by the governing body. The adoption of the budget
  759  and the millage-levy resolution or ordinance shall be by
  760  separate votes. For each taxing authority levying millage, the
  761  name of the taxing authority, the rolled-back rate, the
  762  percentage increase, and the millage rate to be levied shall be
  763  publicly announced before prior to the adoption of the millage
  764  levy resolution or ordinance. In no event may The millage rate
  765  adopted pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the millage
  766  rate tentatively adopted pursuant to paragraph (c). If the rate
  767  tentatively adopted pursuant to paragraph (c) exceeds the
  768  proposed rate provided to the property appraiser pursuant to
  769  paragraph (b), or as subsequently adjusted pursuant to
  770  subsection (11), each taxpayer within the jurisdiction of the
  771  taxing authority shall be sent notice by first-class mail of his
  772  or her taxes under the tentatively adopted millage rate and his
  773  or her taxes under the previously proposed rate. The notice must
  774  be prepared by the property appraiser, at the expense of the
  775  taxing authority, and must generally conform to the requirements
  776  of s. 200.069. If such additional notice is necessary, its
  777  mailing must precede the hearing held pursuant to this paragraph
  778  by not less than 10 days and not more than 15 days.
  779         (3) The advertisement shall be no less than one-quarter
  780  page in size of a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and
  781  the headline in the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller
  782  than 18 point. The advertisement shall not be placed in that
  783  portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
  784  advertisements appear. The advertisement shall be published in a
  785  newspaper of general paid circulation in the county or in a
  786  geographically limited insert of such newspaper. The geographic
  787  boundaries in which such insert is circulated shall include the
  788  geographic boundaries of the taxing authority. It is the
  789  legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement
  790  appear in a newspaper that is published at least 5 days a week
  791  unless the only newspaper in the county is published less than 5
  792  days a week, or that the advertisement appear in a
  793  geographically limited insert of such newspaper which insert is
  794  published throughout the taxing authority’s jurisdiction at
  795  least twice each week. It is further the legislative intent that
  796  the newspaper selected be one of general interest and readership
  797  in the community and not one of limited subject matter, pursuant
  798  to chapter 50.
  799         (g) If In the event that the mailing of the notice of
  800  proposed property taxes is delayed beyond September 3 in a
  801  county, any multicounty taxing authority which levies ad valorem
  802  taxes within that county shall advertise its intention to adopt
  803  a tentative budget and millage rate on a publicly accessible
  804  website maintained by the taxing authority or in a newspaper of
  805  paid general circulation within that county, as provided in this
  806  subsection, and shall hold the hearing required pursuant to
  807  paragraph (2)(c). If advertised in the newspaper, the hearing
  808  shall be held not less than 2 days or more than 5 days
  809  thereafter, and not later than September 18. If advertised on
  810  the website, the hearing shall be held not less than 2 days
  811  after initial publication of the advertisement on the website
  812  and not later than September 18, and shall remain on the website
  813  until the date of the hearing. The advertisement shall be in the
  814  following form, unless the proposed millage rate is less than or
  815  equal to the rolled-back rate, computed pursuant to subsection
  816  (1), in which case the advertisement shall be as provided in
  817  paragraph (e):
  818                       NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE                      
  819  
  820         The ...(name of the taxing authority)... proposes to
  821  increase its property tax levy by ...(percentage of increase
  822  over rolled-back rate)... percent.
  823         All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public
  824  hearing on the proposed tax increase to be held on ...(date and
  825  time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  826         (12) The time periods specified in this section shall be
  827  determined by using the date of certification of value pursuant
  828  to subsection (1) or July 1, whichever date is later, as day 1.
  829  The time periods shall be considered directory and may be
  830  shortened, provided:
  831         (b) Any public hearing preceded by a newspaper
  832  advertisement is held not less than 2 days or more than 5 days
  833  following publication of such advertisement and any public
  834  hearing preceded by advertisement on a website advertisement is
  835  held not less than 2 days after initial publication; and
  836         (14)(a) If the notice of proposed property taxes mailed to
  837  taxpayers under this section contains an error, the property
  838  appraiser, in lieu of mailing a corrected notice to all
  839  taxpayers, may correct the error by mailing a short form of the
  840  notice to those taxpayers affected by the error and its
  841  correction. The notice shall be prepared by the property
  842  appraiser at the expense of the taxing authority which caused
  843  the error or at the property appraiser’s expense if he or she
  844  caused the error. The form of the notice must be approved by the
  845  executive director of the Department of Revenue or the executive
  846  director’s designee. If the error involves only the date and
  847  time of the public hearings required by this section, the
  848  property appraiser, with the permission of the taxing authority
  849  affected by the error, may correct the error by advertising the
  850  corrected information on a publicly accessible website
  851  maintained by the taxing authority or in a newspaper of general
  852  circulation in the county as provided in subsection (3).
  853         Section 20. Subsection (2) of section 255.0525, Florida
  854  Statutes, is amended to read:
  855         255.0525 Advertising for competitive bids or proposals.—
  856         (2) The solicitation of competitive bids or proposals for
  857  any county, municipality, or other political subdivision
  858  construction project that is projected to cost more than
  859  $200,000 shall be publicly advertised at least once in a
  860  newspaper of general circulation in the county where the project
  861  is located at least 21 days before prior to the established bid
  862  opening and at least 5 days before prior to any scheduled prebid
  863  conference, or advertised daily during the 21-day period
  864  immediately preceding the established bid opening date and daily
  865  during the 5-day period immediately preceding any scheduled
  866  prebid conference on a publicly accessible website maintained by
  867  the entity responsible for publication. The solicitation of
  868  competitive bids or proposals for any county, municipality, or
  869  other political subdivision construction project that is
  870  projected to cost more than $500,000 shall be publicly
  871  advertised at least once in a newspaper of general circulation
  872  in the county where the project is located at least 30 days
  873  before prior to the established bid opening and at least 5 days
  874  before prior to any scheduled prebid conference, or advertised
  875  daily during the 30-day period immediately preceding the
  876  established bid opening date and daily during the 5-day period
  877  immediately preceding any scheduled prebid conference on a
  878  publicly accessible website. Bids or proposals shall be received
  879  and opened at the location, date, and time established in the
  880  bid or proposal advertisement. In cases of emergency, the
  881  procedures required in this section may be altered by the local
  882  governmental entity in any manner that is reasonable under the
  883  emergency circumstances.
  884         Section 21. Paragraph (e) of subsection (25) of section
  885  380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  886         380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
  887         (25) AREAWIDE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT.—
  888         (e) The local government shall schedule a public hearing
  889  within 60 days after receipt of the petition. The public hearing
  890  shall be advertised at least 30 days before prior to the
  891  hearing. In addition to the public hearing notice by the local
  892  government, the petitioner, except when the petitioner is a
  893  local government, shall provide actual notice to each person
  894  owning land within the proposed areawide development plan at
  895  least 30 days before prior to the hearing. If the petitioner is
  896  a local government, or local governments pursuant to an
  897  interlocal agreement, notice of the public hearing shall be
  898  provided by the publication of an advertisement on a publicly
  899  accessible website maintained by the county or municipality
  900  responsible for publication or in a newspaper of general
  901  circulation that meets the requirements of this paragraph. The
  902  newspaper advertisement must be no less than one-quarter page in
  903  a standard size or tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in
  904  the newspaper advertisement must be in type no smaller than 18
  905  point. The newspaper advertisement may shall not be published in
  906  that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
  907  advertisements appear. The advertisement must be published on a
  908  publicly accessible website maintained by the county or
  909  municipality responsible for publication or in a newspaper of
  910  general paid circulation in the county and of general interest
  911  and readership in the community, not one of limited subject
  912  matter, pursuant to chapter 50. Whenever possible, the newspaper
  913  advertisement must appear in a newspaper that is published at
  914  least 5 days a week, unless the only newspaper in the community
  915  is published less than 5 days a week. The advertisement must be
  916  in substantially the form used to advertise amendments to
  917  comprehensive plans pursuant to s. 163.3184. The local
  918  government shall specifically notify in writing the regional
  919  planning agency and the state land planning agency at least 30
  920  days before prior to the public hearing. At the public hearing,
  921  all interested parties may testify and submit evidence regarding
  922  the petitioner’s qualifications, the need for and benefits of an
  923  areawide development of regional impact, and such other issues
  924  relevant to a full consideration of the petition. If more than
  925  one local government has jurisdiction over the defined planning
  926  area in an areawide development plan, the local governments
  927  shall hold a joint public hearing. Such hearing shall address,
  928  at a minimum, the need to resolve conflicting ordinances or
  929  comprehensive plans, if any. The local government holding the
  930  joint hearing shall comply with the following additional
  931  requirements:
  932         1. The notice of the hearing shall be published at least 60
  933  days in advance of the hearing and shall specify where the
  934  petition may be reviewed.
  935         2. The notice shall be given to the state land planning
  936  agency, to the applicable regional planning agency, and to such
  937  other persons as may have been designated by the state land
  938  planning agency as entitled to receive such notices.
  939         3. A public hearing date shall be set by the appropriate
  940  local government at the next scheduled meeting.
  941         Section 22. Subsection (2) of section 403.7049, Florida
  942  Statutes, is amended to read:
  943         403.7049 Determination of full cost for solid waste
  944  management; local solid waste management fees.—
  945         (2)(a) Each municipality shall establish a system to
  946  inform, no less than once a year, residential and nonresidential
  947  users of solid waste management services within the
  948  municipality’s service area of the user’s share, on an average
  949  or individual basis, of the full cost for solid waste management
  950  as determined pursuant to subsection (1). Counties shall provide
  951  the information required of municipalities only to residential
  952  and nonresidential users of solid waste management services
  953  within the county’s service area that are not served by a
  954  municipality. Municipalities shall include costs charged to them
  955  or persons contracting with them for disposal of solid waste in
  956  the full cost information provided to residential and
  957  nonresidential users of solid waste management services.
  958         (b) The public disclosure system requirements of this
  959  section shall be fulfilled by meeting one of the following:
  960         1. By mailing a copy of the full cost information to each
  961  residential and nonresidential user of solid waste management
  962  service within the solid waste management service area of the
  963  county or municipality;
  964         2. By enclosing a copy of the full cost information in or
  965  with a bill sent to each residential and nonresidential user of
  966  solid waste management services within the service area of the
  967  county or municipality;
  968         3. By publishing a copy of the full cost information in a
  969  newspaper of general circulation within the county. Such notice
  970  shall be a display advertisement not less than one-quarter page
  971  in size; or
  972         4. By advertising a copy of the full cost information daily
  973  for at least two consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible
  974  website maintained by the municipality.
  975         (c)(b) Counties and municipalities are encouraged to
  976  operate their solid waste management systems through use of an
  977  enterprise fund.
  978         Section 23. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  979  403.973, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  980         403.973 Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive
  981  plans.—
  982         (2) As used in this section, the term:
  983         (a) “Duly noticed” means publication on a publicly
  984  accessible website maintained by the municipality or county
  985  having jurisdiction or in a newspaper of general circulation in
  986  the municipality or county having with jurisdiction. If
  987  published in a newspaper, the notice shall appear on at least 2
  988  separate days, one of which shall be at least 7 days before the
  989  meeting. If published on a publicly accessible website, the
  990  notice shall appear daily during the 7 days immediately
  991  preceding the meeting. The notice shall state the date, time,
  992  and place of the meeting scheduled to discuss or enact the
  993  memorandum of agreement, and the places within the municipality
  994  or county where such proposed memorandum of agreement may be
  995  inspected by the public. The newspaper notice must be one-eighth
  996  of a page in size and must be published in a portion of the
  997  paper other than the legal notices section. The notice shall
  998  also advise that interested parties may appear at the meeting
  999  and be heard with respect to the memorandum of agreement.
 1000         Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1001  420.9075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1002         420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.—
 1003         (4) Each local housing assistance plan is governed by the
 1004  following criteria and administrative procedures:
 1005         (b) The county or eligible municipality or its
 1006  administrative representative shall advertise the notice of
 1007  funding availability in a newspaper of general circulation and
 1008  periodicals serving ethnic and diverse neighborhoods, at least
 1009  30 days before the beginning of the application period or daily
 1010  during the 30 days immediately preceding the application period
 1011  on a publicly accessible website maintained by the county or
 1012  eligible municipality. If no funding is available due to a
 1013  waiting list, no notice of funding availability is required.
 1014         Section 25. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011.