Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 292
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-00381-12                                            2012292__
    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 a 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 via a publicly accessible website;
   53         amending s. 166.041, F.S.; providing for notice of
   54         adoption of a municipal ordinance via a publicly
   55         accessible website; providing clarifying provisions;
   56         amending s. 170.05, F.S.; providing for publication on
   57         a publicly accessible website of a resolution relating
   58         to municipal public improvements financed by special
   59         assessments; amending s. 170.07, F.S.; providing for
   60         publication on a publicly accessible website of notice
   61         of hearing on municipal public improvements financed
   62         by special assessments; amending s. 180.24, F.S.;
   63         providing for advertisement via a publicly accessible
   64         website of specified construction contracts for
   65         utilities or extensions to a previously constructed
   66         utility; amending s. 197.3632, F.S.; providing for
   67         publication on a publicly accessible website of a
   68         local government’s notice of intent to use the uniform
   69         method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments;
   70         amending s. 200.065, F.S.; providing for advertisement
   71         on a publicly accessible website of a taxing
   72         authority’s intent to adopt a millage rate and budget;
   73         providing for advertisement on a publicly accessible
   74         website of the intention of a specified multicounty
   75         taxing authority to adopt a tentative budget and
   76         millage rate; providing clarifying and conforming
   77         provisions; providing for notice via a publicly
   78         accessible website of correction of a specified error
   79         contained in a notice of proposed property taxes
   80         mailed to taxpayers; amending s. 255.0525, F.S.;
   81         providing for advertisement via a publicly accessible
   82         website for the solicitation of competitive bids or
   83         proposals for construction projects of a county,
   84         municipality, or other political subdivision which are
   85         projected to exceed specified costs; amending s.
   86         380.06, F.S.; providing for publication of an
   87         advertisement on a publicly accessible website of a
   88         public hearing by a local government on an areawide
   89         development of regional impact under the Florida
   90         Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972;
   91         amending s. 403.7049, F.S.; prescribing procedures for
   92         fulfilling public disclosure system requirements with
   93         respect to the duty of a municipality to disclose
   94         costs for solid waste management; amending s. 403.973,
   95         F.S.; redefining the term “duly noticed” to include
   96         publication on a publicly accessible website;
   97         providing conforming provisions; amending s. 420.9075,
   98         F.S.; providing for advertisement of notice on a
   99         publicly accessible website of funding availability
  100         through a local housing assistance plan under the
  101         State Housing Initiatives Partnership Act; providing
  102         an effective date.
  103  
  104  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  105  
  106         Section 1. Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, is created to
  107  read:
  108         50.0311 Publication of advertisements and public notices on
  109  a local government’s publicly accessible website and government
  110  access channels.—
  111         (1) For purposes of notices and advertisements required by
  112  statute to be published by a local government, the term
  113  “publicly accessible website” means the official website of a
  114  county or municipal government which is accessible via the
  115  Internet.
  116         (2) If specifically authorized by ordinance, a local
  117  government may use its website for legally required
  118  advertisements and public notices if:
  119         (a) A public library or other governmental facility that
  120  provides free access to the Internet during regular business
  121  hours exists within the jurisdictional boundaries of such county
  122  or municipality;
  123         (b) The local government provides notice to its residents
  124  at least once per year in a newspaper of general circulation,
  125  the county or municipality’s newsletter or periodical, or
  126  another publication that is mailed or delivered to all residents
  127  or property owners throughout the local government’s
  128  jurisdiction, indicating that residents may receive legally
  129  required advertisements and public notices from the local
  130  government by first-class mail or e-mail upon registering their
  131  name and address or e-mail address with the local governmental
  132  entity; and
  133         (c) The local government maintains a registry of names,
  134  addresses, and e-mail addresses of residents who request in
  135  writing that they receive legally required advertisements and
  136  public notices from the local government by first-class mail or
  137  e-mail.
  138         (3) Advertisements and public notices published on a
  139  publicly accessible website shall be conspicuously placed on the
  140  website’s homepage or accessible through a direct link from the
  141  homepage. The advertisement must indicate the date on which the
  142  advertisement was first published on the publicly accessible
  143  website.
  144         (4) The local government that has a government access
  145  channel authorized under s. 610.109 may also include on its
  146  government access channel a summary of all advertisements and
  147  public notices that are published on its website.
  148         Section 2. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  149  read:
  150         50.011 Where and in what language legal notices to be
  151  published.—Whenever by statute an official or legal
  152  advertisement or a publication, or notice in a newspaper has
  153  been or is directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu of
  154  process, or for constructive service, or in initiating,
  155  assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or
  156  power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and
  157  advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, the
  158  contemporaneous and continuous intent and meaning of such
  159  legislation all and singular, existing or repealed, is and has
  160  been and is hereby declared to be and to have been, and the rule
  161  of interpretation is and has been, a publication in a newspaper
  162  printed and published periodically once a week or oftener,
  163  containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English
  164  language, entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as
  165  periodicals matter at a post office in the county where
  166  published, for sale to the public generally, available to the
  167  public generally for the publication of official or other
  168  notices and customarily containing information of a public
  169  character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners
  170  of property in the county where published, or of interest or of
  171  value to the general public. Notwithstanding any provisions to
  172  the contrary, and as specifically authorized by s. 50.0311, a
  173  notice, advertisement, or publication on a publicly accessible
  174  website of a local government in accordance with s. 50.0311
  175  constitutes legal notice.
  176         Section 3. Section 50.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  177  read:
  178         50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.—When any
  179  law, or order or decree of court, directs shall direct
  180  advertisements to be made in any county and there be no
  181  newspaper is published in that the said county, the
  182  advertisement may be made, in the case of a county or
  183  municipality, by publishing such advertisement on a publicly
  184  accessible website maintained by the entity responsible for
  185  publication or posting three copies thereof in three different
  186  places in the said county, one of which shall be at the front
  187  door of the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest county
  188  in which a newspaper is published.
  189         Section 4. Section 50.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  190  read:
  191         50.051 Proof of publication; form of uniform affidavit.—The
  192  printed form upon which all such affidavits establishing proof
  193  of publication in a newspaper are to be executed shall be
  194  substantially as follows:
  195  
  196                          NAME OF NEWSPAPER                        
  197  
  198                     Published (Weekly or Daily)                   
  199  
  200                   (Town or City) (County) FLORIDA                 
  201  
  202  STATE OF FLORIDA
  203  
  204  COUNTY OF ....:
  205         Before the undersigned authority personally appeared ....,
  206  who on oath says that he or she is .... of the ...., a ....
  207  newspaper published at .... in .... County, Florida; that the
  208  attached copy of advertisement, being a .... in the matter of
  209  .... in the .... Court, was published in said newspaper in the
  210  issues of .....
  211         Affiant further says that the said .... is a newspaper
  212  published at ...., in said .... County, Florida, and that the
  213  said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in
  214  said .... County, Florida, each .... and has been entered as
  215  periodicals matter at the post office in ...., in said ....
  216  County, Florida, for a period of 1 year next preceding the first
  217  publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant
  218  further says that he or she has neither paid nor promised any
  219  person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or
  220  refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for
  221  publication in the said newspaper.
  222  
  223  Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ....,
  224  ...(year)..., by ...., who is personally known to me or who has
  225  produced (type of identification) as identification.
  226  
  227  ...(Signature of Notary Public)...
  228  
  229  ...(Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public)...
  230  
  231  ...(Notary Public)...
  232         Section 5. Subsection (4) of section 50.061, Florida
  233  Statutes, is amended to read:
  234         50.061 Amounts chargeable.—
  235         (4) All official public notices and legal advertisements
  236  published in a newspaper shall be charged and paid for on the
  237  basis of 6-point type on 6-point body, unless otherwise
  238  specified by statute.
  239         Section 6. Section 100.342, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  240  read:
  241         100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.—In any
  242  special election or referendum not otherwise provided for there
  243  shall be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or referendum
  244  by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
  245  county, district, or municipality, as the case may be, or, in
  246  the case of a county or municipality, publication on a publicly
  247  accessible website maintained by the local government
  248  responsible for publication and published daily during the 5
  249  weeks immediately preceding the election or referendum. If
  250  advertised in the newspaper, the publication shall be made at
  251  least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week
  252  prior to the week in which the election or referendum is to be
  253  held. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
  254  county, district, or municipality and publication is not made on
  255  a publicly accessible website maintained by the local government
  256  responsible for publication, the notice shall be posted in at
  257  least no less than five places within the territorial limits of
  258  the county, district, or municipality.
  259         Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  260  (b) of subsection (4) of section 125.66, Florida Statutes, are
  261  amended to read:
  262         125.66 Ordinances; enactment procedure; emergency
  263  ordinances; rezoning or change of land use ordinances or
  264  resolutions.—
  265         (2)(a) The regular enactment procedure shall be as follows:
  266  The board of county commissioners at any regular or special
  267  meeting may enact or amend any ordinance, except as provided in
  268  subsection (4), if notice of intent to consider such ordinance
  269  is given at least 10 days before the prior to said meeting on a
  270  publicly accessible website maintained by the county or by
  271  publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
  272  If advertised on a publicly accessible website, the
  273  advertisement shall be published daily during the 10 days
  274  immediately preceding the meeting. A copy of such notice shall
  275  be kept available for public inspection during the regular
  276  business hours of the office of the clerk of the board of county
  277  commissioners. The notice of proposed enactment must shall state
  278  the date, time, and place of the meeting; the title or titles of
  279  proposed ordinances; and the place or places within the county
  280  where such proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public.
  281  The notice must shall also advise that interested parties may
  282  appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed
  283  ordinance.
  284         (4) Ordinances or resolutions, initiated by other than the
  285  county, that change the actual zoning map designation of a
  286  parcel or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to
  287  subsection (2). Ordinances or resolutions that change the actual
  288  list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a
  289  zoning category, or ordinances or resolutions initiated by the
  290  county that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel
  291  or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to the following
  292  procedure:
  293         (b) In cases in which the proposed ordinance or resolution
  294  changes the actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited
  295  uses within a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map
  296  designation of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10
  297  contiguous acres or more, the board of county commissioners
  298  shall provide for public notice and hearings as follows:
  299         1. The board of county commissioners shall hold two
  300  advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance or
  301  resolution. At least one hearing shall be held after 5 p.m. on a
  302  weekday, unless the board of county commissioners, by a majority
  303  plus one vote, elects to conduct that hearing at another time of
  304  day. The first public hearing shall be held at least 7 days
  305  after the day that the first advertisement is published. The
  306  second hearing shall be held at least 10 days after the first
  307  hearing and shall be advertised at least 5 days before prior to
  308  the public hearing.
  309         2. The required newspaper advertisements shall be at least
  310  no less than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a standard size
  311  or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the
  312  advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The
  313  newspaper advertisement may shall not be placed in that portion
  314  of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
  315  advertisements appear. The newspaper advertisement shall be
  316  placed in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the county
  317  and of general interest and readership in the community pursuant
  318  to chapter 50, not one of limited subject matter. It is the
  319  legislative intent that, whenever possible, the newspaper
  320  advertisement shall appear in a newspaper that is published at
  321  least 5 days a week unless the only newspaper in the community
  322  is published less than 5 days a week. The newspaper
  323  advertisement must shall be in substantially the following form:
  324  
  325                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  326  
  327         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  328  adopt the following by ordinance or resolution:...(title of
  329  ordinance or resolution)....
  330         A public hearing on the ordinance or resolution will be
  331  held on ...(date and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  332  
  333  Except for amendments that which change the actual list of
  334  permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning
  335  category, the advertisement shall contain a geographic location
  336  map that which clearly indicates the area within the local
  337  government covered by the proposed ordinance or resolution. The
  338  map shall include major street names as a means of
  339  identification of the general area.
  340         3. In lieu of publishing the advertisements specified set
  341  out in this paragraph, the board of county commissioners may
  342  mail a notice to each person owning real property within the
  343  area covered by the ordinance or resolution. Such notice must
  344  shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance or resolution and
  345  shall notify the person of the time, place, and location of both
  346  public hearings on the proposed ordinance or resolution.
  347         Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  348  129.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  349         129.03 Preparation and adoption of budget.—
  350         (3) The county budget officer, after tentatively
  351  ascertaining the proposed fiscal policies of the board for the
  352  next fiscal year, shall prepare and present to the board a
  353  tentative budget for the next fiscal year for each of the funds
  354  provided in this chapter, including all estimated receipts,
  355  taxes to be levied, and balances expected to be brought forward
  356  and all estimated expenditures, reserves, and balances to be
  357  carried over at the end of the year.
  358         (b) Upon receipt of the tentative budgets and completion of
  359  any revisions, the board shall prepare a statement summarizing
  360  all of the adopted tentative budgets. The summary statement must
  361  show, for each budget and the total of all budgets, the proposed
  362  tax millages, balances, reserves, and the total of each major
  363  classification of receipts and expenditures, classified
  364  according to the uniform classification of accounts adopted by
  365  the appropriate state agency. The board shall cause this summary
  366  statement to be advertised one time in a newspaper of general
  367  circulation published in the county, on a publicly accessible
  368  website maintained by the county, or by posting at the
  369  courthouse door if there is no such newspaper or website, and
  370  the advertisement must appear adjacent to the advertisement
  371  required pursuant to s. 200.065.
  372         Section 9. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
  373  129.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  374         129.06 Execution and amendment of budget.—
  375         (2) The board at any time within a fiscal year may amend a
  376  budget for that year, and may within the first 60 days of a
  377  fiscal year amend the budget for the prior fiscal year, as
  378  follows:
  379         (f) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if an amendment to
  380  a budget is required for a purpose not specifically authorized
  381  in paragraphs (a)-(e), the amendment may be authorized by
  382  resolution or ordinance of the board of county commissioners
  383  adopted following a public hearing.
  384         1. The public hearing must be advertised at least 2 days,
  385  but not more than 5 days, before the date of the hearing. The
  386  advertisement must appear on a publicly accessible website
  387  maintained by the county or in a newspaper of paid general
  388  circulation and must identify the name of the taxing authority,
  389  the date, place, and time of the hearing, and the purpose of the
  390  hearing. If advertised in the newspaper, the public hearing must
  391  be advertised at least 2 days, but not more than 5 days, before
  392  the date of the hearing. If advertised on a publicly accessible
  393  website, the notice must be published daily during the 5 days
  394  immediately preceding the hearing. The advertisement must also
  395  identify each budgetary fund to be amended, the source of the
  396  funds, the use of the funds, and the total amount of each fund’s
  397  appropriations.
  398         2. If the board amends the budget pursuant to this
  399  paragraph, the adopted amendment must be posted on the county’s
  400  official website within 5 days after adoption.
  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 (11) of section
  507  163.3184, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  508         163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan
  509  amendment.—
  510         (11) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—
  511         (b) The local governing body shall hold at least two
  512  advertised public hearings on the proposed comprehensive plan or
  513  plan amendment as follows:
  514         1. The first public hearing shall be held at the
  515  transmittal stage. It shall be held on a weekday at least 7 days
  516  after the day that the first advertisement is published pursuant
  517  to the requirements of chapter 125 or chapter 166 or after the
  518  notice of the first public hearing is initially published on the
  519  publicly accessible website.
  520         2. The second public hearing shall be held at the adoption
  521  stage. It shall be held on a weekday at least 5 days after the
  522  day that the second advertisement is published pursuant to the
  523  requirements of chapter 125 or chapter 166 or after the notice
  524  of the second public hearing is initially published on the
  525  publicly accessible website.
  526         Section 14. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (3) of
  527  section 166.041, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  528         166.041 Procedures for adoption of ordinances and
  529  resolutions.—
  530         (3)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a proposed
  531  ordinance may be read by title, or in full, on at least 2
  532  separate days and shall, at least 10 days before prior to
  533  adoption, be noticed once in a newspaper of general circulation
  534  in the municipality or noticed daily during the 10 days
  535  immediately preceding the adoption on a publicly accessible
  536  website maintained by the municipality. The notice of proposed
  537  enactment must shall state the date, time, and place of the
  538  meeting; the title or titles of proposed ordinances; and the
  539  place or places within the municipality where such proposed
  540  ordinances may be inspected by the public. The notice must shall
  541  also advise that interested parties may appear at the meeting
  542  and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance.
  543         (c) Ordinances initiated by other than the municipality
  544  which that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel
  545  or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to paragraph (a).
  546  Ordinances that change the actual list of permitted,
  547  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, or
  548  ordinances initiated by the municipality which that change the
  549  actual zoning map designation of a parcel or parcels of land
  550  shall be enacted pursuant to the following procedure:
  551         1. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  552  actual zoning map designation for a parcel or parcels of land
  553  involving less than 10 contiguous acres, the governing body
  554  shall direct the clerk of the governing body to notify by mail
  555  each real property owner whose land the municipality will
  556  redesignate by enactment of the ordinance and whose address is
  557  known by reference to the latest ad valorem tax records. The
  558  notice shall state the substance of the proposed ordinance as it
  559  affects that property owner and shall set a time and place for
  560  one or more public hearings on such ordinance. Such notice shall
  561  be given at least 30 days before prior to the date set for the
  562  public hearing, and a copy of the notice shall be kept available
  563  for public inspection during the regular business hours of the
  564  office of the clerk of the governing body. The governing body
  565  shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and may,
  566  upon the conclusion of the hearing, immediately adopt the
  567  ordinance.
  568         2. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  569  actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within
  570  a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map designation
  571  of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10 contiguous acres or
  572  more, the governing body shall provide for public notice and
  573  hearings as follows:
  574         a. The local governing body shall hold two advertised
  575  public hearings on the proposed ordinance. At least one hearing
  576  shall be held after 5 p.m. on a weekday, unless the local
  577  governing body, by a majority plus one vote, elects to conduct
  578  that hearing at another time of day. The first public hearing
  579  shall be held at least 7 days after the day that the first
  580  advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held at
  581  least 10 days after the first hearing and shall be advertised at
  582  least 5 days before prior to the public hearing.
  583         b. The required newspaper advertisements shall be at least
  584  no less than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a standard size
  585  or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the
  586  advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The
  587  newspaper advertisement may shall not be placed in that portion
  588  of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
  589  advertisements appear. The newspaper advertisement shall be
  590  placed in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the
  591  municipality and of general interest and readership in the
  592  municipality, not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to
  593  chapter 50. It is the legislative intent that, whenever
  594  possible, the newspaper advertisement appear in a newspaper that
  595  is published at least 5 days a week unless the only newspaper in
  596  the municipality is published less than 5 days a week. The
  597  newspaper advertisement must shall be in substantially the
  598  following form:
  599  
  600                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  601  
  602         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  603  adopt the following ordinance:...(title of the ordinance)....
  604         A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on ...(date
  605  and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  606  
  607  Except for amendments that which change the actual list of
  608  permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning
  609  category, the advertisement must shall contain a geographic
  610  location map that which clearly indicates the area covered by
  611  the proposed ordinance. The map must shall include major street
  612  names as a means of identification of the general area.
  613         c. In lieu of publishing the advertisement set out in this
  614  paragraph, the municipality may mail a notice to each person
  615  owning real property within the area covered by the ordinance.
  616  Such notice must shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance
  617  and shall notify the person of the time, place, and location of
  618  any public hearing on the proposed ordinance.
  619         Section 15. Section 170.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  620  read:
  621         170.05 Publication of resolution.—Upon the adoption of the
  622  resolution provided for in s. 170.03, the municipality shall
  623  cause the said resolution to be published on a publicly
  624  accessible website maintained by the municipality or one time in
  625  a newspaper of general circulation published in the said
  626  municipality, and if there is be no website or newspaper
  627  published in the said municipality, the governing authority of
  628  the said municipality shall cause the said resolution to be
  629  published once a week for a period of 2 weeks in a newspaper of
  630  general circulation published in the county in which the said
  631  municipality is located.
  632         Section 16. Section 170.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  633  read:
  634         170.07 Publication of preliminary assessment roll.—Upon the
  635  completion of the said preliminary assessment roll, the
  636  governing authority of the municipality shall by resolution fix
  637  a time and place at which the owners of the property to be
  638  assessed or any other persons interested therein may appear
  639  before the said governing authority and be heard as to the
  640  propriety and advisability of making such improvements, as to
  641  the cost thereof, as to the manner of payment therefor, and as
  642  to the amount thereof to be assessed against each property so
  643  improved. Thirty days’ notice in writing of such time and place
  644  shall be given to such property owners. The notice must shall
  645  include the amount of the assessment and shall be served by
  646  mailing a copy to each of such property owners at his or her
  647  last known address., The names and addresses of such property
  648  owners shall to be obtained from the records of the property
  649  appraiser or from such other sources as the city or town clerk
  650  or engineer deems reliable, and proof of such mailing shall to
  651  be made by the affidavit of the clerk or deputy clerk of the
  652  said municipality, or by the engineer, said proof to be filed
  653  with the clerk; however, provided, that failure to mail the said
  654  notice or notices does shall not invalidate any of the
  655  proceedings hereunder. Notice of the time and place of such
  656  hearing shall also be given by two publications a week apart in
  657  a newspaper of general circulation in the said municipality or
  658  by publication daily for 2 weeks on a publicly accessible
  659  website maintained by the municipality, and if there is be no
  660  website or newspaper published in the said municipality, the
  661  governing authority of the said municipality shall cause the
  662  said notice to be published in like manner in a newspaper of
  663  general circulation published in the county in which the said
  664  municipality is located, and; provided that the last publication
  665  must shall be at least 1 week before prior to the date of the
  666  hearing. The Said notice must shall describe the streets or
  667  other areas to be improved and advise all persons interested
  668  that the description of each property to be assessed and the
  669  amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property may be
  670  ascertained at the office of the clerk of the municipality. Such
  671  service by publication shall be verified by the affidavit of the
  672  publisher and filed with the clerk of the said municipality.
  673         Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 180.24, Florida
  674  Statutes, is amended to read:
  675         180.24 Contracts for construction; bond; publication of
  676  notice; bids.—
  677         (1) Any municipality desiring the accomplishment of any or
  678  all of the purposes of this chapter may make contracts for the
  679  construction of any of the utilities mentioned in this chapter,
  680  or any extension or extensions to any previously constructed
  681  utility. Such, which said contracts must shall be in writing,
  682  and the contractor shall be required to give bond, which said
  683  bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do
  684  business in the state; provided, however, construction contracts
  685  in excess of $25,000 shall be advertised by the publication of a
  686  notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
  687  which the said municipality is located at least once each week
  688  for 2 consecutive weeks, by publication daily for 2 weeks on a
  689  publicly accessible website maintained by the municipality, or
  690  by posting three notices in three conspicuous places in the said
  691  municipality, one of which shall be on the door of the city
  692  hall.; and that At least 10 days shall elapse between the date
  693  of the first publication or posting of such notice and the date
  694  of receiving bids and the execution of such contract documents.
  695  For municipal construction projects identified in s. 255.0525,
  696  the notice provision of that section supersedes and replaces the
  697  notice provisions in this section.
  698         Section 18. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  699  197.3632, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  700         197.3632 Uniform method for the levy, collection, and
  701  enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments.—
  702         (3)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
  703  contrary, a local government that which is authorized to impose
  704  a non-ad valorem assessment and that which elects to use the
  705  uniform method of collecting such assessment for the first time
  706  as authorized in this section shall adopt a resolution at a
  707  public hearing before prior to January 1 or, if the property
  708  appraiser, tax collector, and local government agree, March 1.
  709  The resolution must shall clearly state its intent to use the
  710  uniform method of collecting such assessment. The local
  711  government shall publish notice of its intent to use the uniform
  712  method for collecting such assessment weekly in a newspaper of
  713  general circulation within each county contained in the
  714  boundaries of the local government for 4 consecutive weeks
  715  preceding the hearing or, in the case of a county or
  716  municipality, daily during the 4 consecutive weeks immediately
  717  preceding the hearing on a publicly accessible website
  718  maintained by the county or municipality. The resolution must
  719  shall state the need for the levy and shall include a legal
  720  description of the boundaries of the real property subject to
  721  the levy. If the resolution is adopted, the local governing
  722  board shall send a copy of it by United States mail to the
  723  property appraiser, the tax collector, and the department by
  724  January 10 or, if the property appraiser, tax collector, and
  725  local government agree, March 10.
  726         Section 19. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2), paragraph (g)
  727  of subsection (3), subsection (12), and paragraph (a) of
  728  subsection (14) of section 200.065, Florida Statutes, are
  729  amended to read:
  730         200.065 Method of fixing millage.—
  731         (2) No millage shall be levied until a resolution or
  732  ordinance has been approved by the governing board of the taxing
  733  authority which resolution or ordinance must be approved by the
  734  taxing authority according to the following procedure:
  735         (d) Within 15 days after the meeting adopting the tentative
  736  budget, the taxing authority shall advertise in a newspaper of
  737  general circulation in the county as provided in subsection (3),
  738  its intent to finally adopt a millage rate and budget or, in the
  739  case of a county or municipality, may advertise on its publicly
  740  accessible website its intent to finally adopt a millage rate
  741  and budget, and shall maintain the notice on its website until
  742  completion of the hearing. If advertised in a newspaper, a
  743  public hearing to finalize the budget and adopt a millage rate
  744  shall be held not less than 2 days nor more than 5 days after
  745  the day that the advertisement is first published. During the
  746  hearing, the governing body of the taxing authority shall amend
  747  the adopted tentative budget as it sees fit, adopt a final
  748  budget, and adopt a resolution or ordinance stating the millage
  749  rate to be levied. The resolution or ordinance must shall state
  750  the percent, if any, by which the millage rate to be levied
  751  exceeds the rolled-back rate computed pursuant to subsection
  752  (1), which shall be characterized as the percentage increase in
  753  property taxes adopted by the governing body. The adoption of
  754  the budget and the millage-levy resolution or ordinance shall be
  755  by separate votes. For each taxing authority levying millage,
  756  the name of the taxing authority, the rolled-back rate, the
  757  percentage increase, and the millage rate to be levied shall be
  758  publicly announced before prior to the adoption of the millage
  759  levy resolution or ordinance. In no event may The millage rate
  760  adopted pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the millage
  761  rate tentatively adopted pursuant to paragraph (c). If the rate
  762  tentatively adopted pursuant to paragraph (c) exceeds the
  763  proposed rate provided to the property appraiser pursuant to
  764  paragraph (b), or as subsequently adjusted pursuant to
  765  subsection (11), each taxpayer within the jurisdiction of the
  766  taxing authority shall be sent notice by first-class mail of his
  767  or her taxes under the tentatively adopted millage rate and his
  768  or her taxes under the previously proposed rate. The notice must
  769  be prepared by the property appraiser, at the expense of the
  770  taxing authority, and must generally conform to the requirements
  771  of s. 200.069. If such additional notice is necessary, its
  772  mailing must precede the hearing held pursuant to this paragraph
  773  by not less than 10 days and not more than 15 days.
  774         (3) The advertisement shall be no less than one-quarter
  775  page in size of a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and
  776  the headline in the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller
  777  than 18 point. The advertisement may shall not be placed in that
  778  portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
  779  advertisements appear. The advertisement shall be published in a
  780  newspaper of general paid circulation in the county or in a
  781  geographically limited insert of such newspaper. The geographic
  782  boundaries in which such insert is circulated shall include the
  783  geographic boundaries of the taxing authority. It is the
  784  legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement
  785  appear in a newspaper that is published at least 5 days a week
  786  unless the only newspaper in the county is published less than 5
  787  days a week, or that the advertisement appear in a
  788  geographically limited insert of such newspaper which insert is
  789  published throughout the taxing authority’s jurisdiction at
  790  least twice each week. It is further the legislative intent that
  791  the newspaper selected be one of general interest and readership
  792  in the community and not one of limited subject matter, pursuant
  793  to chapter 50.
  794         (g) If In the event that the mailing of the notice of
  795  proposed property taxes is delayed beyond September 3 in a
  796  county, any multicounty taxing authority that which levies ad
  797  valorem taxes within that county shall advertise its intention
  798  to adopt a tentative budget and millage rate on a publicly
  799  accessible website maintained by the taxing authority or in a
  800  newspaper of paid general circulation within that county, as
  801  provided in this subsection, and shall hold the hearing required
  802  pursuant to paragraph (2)(c). If advertised in the newspaper,
  803  the hearing shall be held not less than 2 days or more than 5
  804  days thereafter, and not later than September 18. If advertised
  805  on the website, the hearing shall be held not less than 2 days
  806  after initial publication of the advertisement on the website
  807  and not later than September 18, and shall remain on the website
  808  until the date of the hearing. The advertisement shall be in the
  809  following form, unless the proposed millage rate is less than or
  810  equal to the rolled-back rate, computed pursuant to subsection
  811  (1), in which case the advertisement shall be as provided in
  812  paragraph (e):
  813                       NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE                      
  814  
  815         The ...(name of the taxing authority)... proposes to
  816  increase its property tax levy by ...(percentage of increase
  817  over rolled-back rate)... percent.
  818         All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public
  819  hearing on the proposed tax increase to be held on ...(date and
  820  time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  821         (12) The time periods specified in this section shall be
  822  determined by using the date of certification of value pursuant
  823  to subsection (1) or July 1, whichever date is later, as day 1.
  824  The time periods shall be considered directory and may be
  825  shortened, provided:
  826         (a) No public hearing which is preceded by a mailed notice
  827  occurs earlier than 10 days following the mailing of such
  828  notice;
  829         (b) Any public hearing preceded by a newspaper
  830  advertisement is held not less than 2 days or more than 5 days
  831  following publication of such advertisement and any public
  832  hearing preceded by advertisement on a website advertisement is
  833  held not less than 2 days after initial publication; and
  834         (c) The property appraiser coordinates such shortening of
  835  time periods and gives written notice to all affected taxing
  836  authorities; however, no taxing authority shall be denied its
  837  right to the full time periods allowed in this section.
  838         (14)(a) If the notice of proposed property taxes mailed to
  839  taxpayers under this section contains an error, the property
  840  appraiser, in lieu of mailing a corrected notice to all
  841  taxpayers, may correct the error by mailing a short form of the
  842  notice to those taxpayers affected by the error and its
  843  correction. The notice shall be prepared by the property
  844  appraiser at the expense of the taxing authority that which
  845  caused the error or at the property appraiser’s expense if he or
  846  she caused the error. The form of the notice must be approved by
  847  the executive director of the Department of Revenue or the
  848  executive director’s designee. If the error involves only the
  849  date and time of the public hearings required by this section,
  850  the property appraiser, with the permission of the taxing
  851  authority affected by the error, may correct the error by
  852  advertising the corrected information on a publicly accessible
  853  website maintained by the taxing authority or in a newspaper of
  854  general circulation in the county as provided in subsection (3).
  855         Section 20. Subsection (2) of section 255.0525, Florida
  856  Statutes, is amended to read:
  857         255.0525 Advertising for competitive bids or proposals.—
  858         (2) The solicitation of competitive bids or proposals for
  859  any county, municipality, or other political subdivision
  860  construction project that is projected to cost more than
  861  $200,000 shall be publicly advertised at least once in a
  862  newspaper of general circulation in the county where the project
  863  is located at least 21 days before prior to the established bid
  864  opening and at least 5 days before prior to any scheduled prebid
  865  conference, or advertised daily during the 21-day period
  866  immediately preceding the established bid opening date and daily
  867  during the 5-day period immediately preceding any scheduled
  868  prebid conference on a publicly accessible website maintained by
  869  the entity responsible for publication. The solicitation of
  870  competitive bids or proposals for any county, municipality, or
  871  other political subdivision construction project that is
  872  projected to cost more than $500,000 shall be publicly
  873  advertised at least once in a newspaper of general circulation
  874  in the county where the project is located at least 30 days
  875  before prior to the established bid opening and at least 5 days
  876  before prior to any scheduled prebid conference, or advertised
  877  daily during the 30-day period immediately preceding the
  878  established bid opening date and daily during the 5-day period
  879  immediately preceding any scheduled prebid conference on a
  880  publicly accessible website. Bids or proposals shall be received
  881  and opened at the location, date, and time established in the
  882  bid or proposal advertisement. In cases of emergency, the
  883  procedures required in this section may be altered by the local
  884  governmental entity in any manner that is reasonable under the
  885  emergency circumstances.
  886         Section 21. Paragraph (e) of subsection (25) of section
  887  380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  888         380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
  889         (25) AREAWIDE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT.—
  890         (e) The local government shall schedule a public hearing
  891  within 60 days after receipt of the petition. The public hearing
  892  shall be advertised at least 30 days before prior to the
  893  hearing. In addition to the public hearing notice by the local
  894  government, the petitioner, except when the petitioner is a
  895  local government, shall provide actual notice to each person
  896  owning land within the proposed areawide development plan at
  897  least 30 days before prior to the hearing. If the petitioner is
  898  a local government, or local governments pursuant to an
  899  interlocal agreement, notice of the public hearing shall be
  900  provided by the publication of an advertisement on a publicly
  901  accessible website maintained by the county or municipality
  902  responsible for publication or in a newspaper of general
  903  circulation that meets the requirements of this paragraph. The
  904  newspaper advertisement must be at least no less than one
  905  quarter page in a standard size or tabloid size newspaper, and
  906  the headline in the newspaper advertisement must be in type no
  907  smaller than 18 point. The newspaper advertisement may shall not
  908  be published in that portion of the newspaper where legal
  909  notices and classified advertisements appear. The advertisement
  910  must be published on a publicly accessible website maintained by
  911  the county or municipality responsible for publication or in a
  912  newspaper of general paid circulation in the county and of
  913  general interest and readership in the community, not one of
  914  limited subject matter, pursuant to chapter 50. Whenever
  915  possible, the newspaper advertisement must appear in a newspaper
  916  that is published at least 5 days a week, unless the only
  917  newspaper in the community is published less than 5 days a week.
  918  The advertisement must be in substantially the form used to
  919  advertise amendments to comprehensive plans pursuant to s.
  920  163.3184. The local government shall specifically notify in
  921  writing the regional planning agency and the state land planning
  922  agency at least 30 days before prior to the public hearing. At
  923  the public hearing, all interested parties may testify and
  924  submit evidence regarding the petitioner’s qualifications, the
  925  need for and benefits of an areawide development of regional
  926  impact, and such other issues relevant to a full consideration
  927  of the petition. If more than one local government has
  928  jurisdiction over the defined planning area in an areawide
  929  development plan, the local governments shall hold a joint
  930  public hearing. Such hearing shall address, at a minimum, the
  931  need to resolve conflicting ordinances or comprehensive plans,
  932  if any. The local government holding the joint hearing shall
  933  comply with the following additional requirements:
  934         1. The notice of the hearing shall be published at least 60
  935  days in advance of the hearing and shall specify where the
  936  petition may be reviewed.
  937         2. The notice shall be given to the state land planning
  938  agency, to the applicable regional planning agency, and to such
  939  other persons as may have been designated by the state land
  940  planning agency as entitled to receive such notices.
  941         3. A public hearing date shall be set by the appropriate
  942  local government at the next scheduled meeting.
  943         Section 22. Subsection (2) of section 403.7049, Florida
  944  Statutes, is amended to read:
  945         403.7049 Determination of full cost for solid waste
  946  management; local solid waste management fees.—
  947         (2)(a) Each municipality shall establish a system to
  948  inform, at least no less than once a year, residential and
  949  nonresidential users of solid waste management services within
  950  the municipality’s service area of the user’s share, on an
  951  average or individual basis, of the full cost for solid waste
  952  management as determined pursuant to subsection (1). Counties
  953  shall provide the information required of municipalities only to
  954  residential and nonresidential users of solid waste management
  955  services within the county’s service area who that are not
  956  served by a municipality. Municipalities shall include costs
  957  charged to them or persons contracting with them for disposal of
  958  solid waste in the full cost information provided to residential
  959  and nonresidential users of solid waste management services.
  960         (b) The public disclosure system requirements of this
  961  section shall be fulfilled by meeting one of the following:
  962         1. By mailing a copy of the full cost information to each
  963  residential and nonresidential user of solid waste management
  964  service within the solid waste management service area of the
  965  county or municipality;
  966         2. By enclosing a copy of the full cost information in or
  967  with a bill sent to each residential and nonresidential user of
  968  solid waste management services within the service area of the
  969  county or municipality;
  970         3. By publishing a copy of the full cost information in a
  971  newspaper of general circulation within the county. Such notice
  972  must be a display advertisement not less than one-quarter page
  973  in size; or
  974         4. By advertising a copy of the full cost information daily
  975  for at least two consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible
  976  website maintained by the municipality.
  977         (c)(b) Counties and municipalities are encouraged to
  978  operate their solid waste management systems through use of an
  979  enterprise fund.
  980         Section 23. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  981  403.973, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  982         403.973 Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive
  983  plans.—
  984         (2) As used in this section, the term:
  985         (a) “Duly noticed” means publication on a publicly
  986  accessible website maintained by the municipality or county
  987  having jurisdiction or in a newspaper of general circulation in
  988  the municipality or county having with jurisdiction. If
  989  published in a newspaper, the notice shall appear on at least 2
  990  separate days, one of which shall be at least 7 days before the
  991  meeting. If published on a publicly accessible website, the
  992  notice shall appear daily during the 7 days immediately
  993  preceding the meeting. The notice must shall state the date,
  994  time, and place of the meeting scheduled to discuss or enact the
  995  memorandum of agreement, and the places within the municipality
  996  or county where such proposed memorandum of agreement may be
  997  inspected by the public. The newspaper notice must be one-eighth
  998  of a page in size and must be published in a portion of the
  999  paper other than the legal notices section. The notice must
 1000  shall also advise that interested parties may appear at the
 1001  meeting and be heard with respect to the memorandum of
 1002  agreement.
 1003         Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1004  420.9075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1005         420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.—
 1006         (4) Each local housing assistance plan is governed by the
 1007  following criteria and administrative procedures:
 1008         (b) The county or eligible municipality or its
 1009  administrative representative shall advertise the notice of
 1010  funding availability in a newspaper of general circulation and
 1011  periodicals serving ethnic and diverse neighborhoods, at least
 1012  30 days before the beginning of the application period or daily
 1013  during the 30 days immediately preceding the application period
 1014  on a publicly accessible website maintained by the county or
 1015  eligible municipality. If no funding is available due to a
 1016  waiting list, no notice of funding availability is required.
 1017         Section 25. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012.