Florida Senate - 2026                              CS for SB 380
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Trumbull
       
       
       
       
       
       590-01712-26                                           2026380c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to legal notices; amending s. 50.0311,
    3         F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    4         “governmental agency”; defining the term “special
    5         governmental agency”; revising the definition of the
    6         term “publicly accessible website”; requiring
    7         governmental agencies and special governmental
    8         agencies to publish certain legal notices continuously
    9         for a specified timeframe when the notices are for a
   10         specified purpose and provided under a certain
   11         circumstance; authorizing certain special governmental
   12         agencies to use a publicly accessible website to
   13         publish certain advertisements and legal notices under
   14         specified conditions; requiring special governmental
   15         agencies to provide certain notice at least once per
   16         year in specified publications under certain
   17         conditions; requiring that certain links be published
   18         on the homepage of special governmental agency
   19         websites under certain circumstances; requiring that a
   20         public bid advertisement made by a special
   21         governmental agency on a publicly accessible website
   22         include a method to accept electronic bids; reenacting
   23         ss. 11.02, 45.031(2), 50.011(2), 90.902(12),
   24         120.81(1)(d), 121.055(1)(b) and (h), 162.12(2)(a),
   25         190.005(1)(d), 200.065(2)(f), 849.38(5),
   26         1001.372(2)(c), and 1011.03(1), F.S., relating to
   27         notice of special or local legislation or certain
   28         relief acts, publication of certain notice for a
   29         certain judicial sales procedure, publication of legal
   30         notices, self-authentication of certain legal notices,
   31         exceptions and special requirements of rules regarding
   32         educational units, notice regarding positions to be
   33         included in the Senior Management Service Class,
   34         notices issued by local government code enforcement
   35         boards, establishment of certain community development
   36         districts, notices regarding district school board
   37         budgets, citations regarding proceedings for
   38         forfeiture of property, due public notice for district
   39         school board meetings, and notice for public budget
   40         hearings of the district school board, respectively,
   41         to incorporate the amendment made to s. 50.0311, F.S.,
   42         in references thereto; providing an effective date.
   43          
   44  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   45  
   46         Section 1. Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   47  read:
   48         50.0311 Publication of advertisements and public notices on
   49  a publicly accessible website and governmental access channels.—
   50         (1) For purposes of this chapter, the term:
   51         (a) “Governmental agency” means a county, municipality,
   52  school board, special governmental agency, or other unit of
   53  local government or political subdivision in this state.
   54         (b)Special governmental agency” means a municipality, the
   55  office of the clerk of the circuit court, or the office of the
   56  tax collector.
   57         (2) For purposes of notices and advertisements required
   58  under s. 50.011, the term “publicly accessible website” means a
   59  county’s official website or other private website designated by
   60  the county for the publication of legal notices and
   61  advertisements which that is accessible through via the
   62  Internet. For legal notices and advertisements by a special
   63  governmental agency, the term includes the official website of
   64  the special governmental agency’s county, a private website
   65  designated by the county, the special governmental agency’s
   66  official website, or a private website designated by the special
   67  governmental agency.
   68         (3) All advertisements and public notices published on a
   69  website as provided in this chapter must be in searchable form
   70  and indicate the date on which the advertisement or public
   71  notice was first published on the website.
   72         (4)Any legal notice or advertisement that may be published
   73  on the official website of a governmental agency or the official
   74  website of a special governmental agency or on a designated
   75  private website must, unless otherwise specified by law, be
   76  published continuously for at least 2 weeks when the purpose is
   77  to provide notice of the status of a government activity or be
   78  published continuously from the date of initial publication
   79  through the date of the proposed event or activity.
   80         (5)(3) A governmental agency may use the publicly
   81  accessible website of the county in which it lies to publish
   82  legally required advertisements and public notices if the cost
   83  of publishing advertisements and public notices on such website
   84  is less than the cost of publishing advertisements and public
   85  notices in a newspaper.
   86         (6)(4) A governmental agency having with at least 75
   87  percent of its population located within a county having with a
   88  population of less fewer than 160,000 or a special governmental
   89  agency that is located within a county having a population of
   90  less than 160,000 may use a publicly accessible website to
   91  publish legally required advertisements and public notices only
   92  if the governing body of the governmental agency, at a public
   93  hearing that has been noticed in a newspaper as provided in this
   94  chapter, determines that the residents of the governmental
   95  agency have sufficient access to the Internet by broadband
   96  service, as defined in s. 364.02, or by any other means, such
   97  that publishing advertisements and public notices on a publicly
   98  accessible website will not unreasonably restrict public access.
   99         (7)(5) A special district spanning the geographic
  100  boundaries of more than one county that satisfies the criteria
  101  for publishing and publishes chooses to publish legally required
  102  advertisements and public notices on a publicly accessible
  103  website must publish such advertisements and public notices on
  104  the publicly accessible website of each county it spans. For
  105  purposes of this subsection, the term “special district” has the
  106  same meaning as in s. 189.012.
  107         (8)(6) A governmental agency or special governmental agency
  108  that uses a publicly accessible website to publish legally
  109  required advertisements and public notices must shall provide
  110  notice at least once per year in a newspaper of general
  111  circulation or another publication that is mailed or delivered
  112  to all residents and property owners throughout the government’s
  113  jurisdiction, indicating that property owners and residents may
  114  receive legally required advertisements and public notices from
  115  the governmental agency by first-class mail or e-mail upon
  116  registering their name and address or e-mail address with the
  117  governmental agency. The governmental agency must shall maintain
  118  a registry of names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of property
  119  owners and residents who have requested in writing that they
  120  receive legally required advertisements and public notices from
  121  the governmental agency by first-class mail or e-mail.
  122         (9)(7) A link to advertisements and public notices
  123  published on a publicly accessible website must shall be
  124  conspicuously placed:
  125         (a) On the website’s homepage or on a page accessible
  126  through a direct link from the homepage.
  127         (b) On the homepage of the website of each governmental
  128  agency or special governmental agency publishing notices on the
  129  publicly accessible website or on a page accessible through a
  130  direct link from the homepage.
  131         (10)(8) A governmental agency that has a governmental
  132  access channel authorized under s. 610.109 may also include on
  133  its governmental access channel a summary of all advertisements
  134  and public notices that are published on a publicly accessible
  135  website.
  136         (11)(9) A public bid advertisement made by a governmental
  137  agency or special governmental agency on a publicly accessible
  138  website must include a method to accept electronic bids.
  139         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  140  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  141  reference thereto, section 11.02, Florida Statutes, is reenacted
  142  to read:
  143         11.02 Notice of special or local legislation or certain
  144  relief acts.—The notice required to obtain special or local
  145  legislation or any relief act specified in s. 11.065 shall be by
  146  publishing the identical notice as provided in chapter 50 or
  147  circulated throughout the county or counties where the matter or
  148  thing to be affected by such legislation shall be situated one
  149  time at least 30 days before introduction of the proposed law
  150  into the Legislature or, if the notice is not published on a
  151  publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 and there
  152  is no newspaper circulated throughout or published in the
  153  county, by posting for at least 30 days at not fewer than three
  154  public places in the county or each of the counties, one of
  155  which places shall be at the courthouse in the county or
  156  counties where the matter or thing to be affected by such
  157  legislation shall be situated. Notice of special or local
  158  legislation shall state the substance of the contemplated law,
  159  as required by s. 10, Art. III of the State Constitution. Notice
  160  of any relief act specified in s. 11.065 shall state the name of
  161  the claimant, the nature of the injury or loss for which the
  162  claim is made, and the amount of the claim against the affected
  163  municipality’s revenue-sharing trust fund.
  164         Section 3. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  165  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  166  reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 45.031, Florida
  167  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  168         45.031 Judicial sales procedure.—In any sale of real or
  169  personal property under an order or judgment, the procedures
  170  provided in this section and ss. 45.0315-45.035 may be followed
  171  as an alternative to any other sale procedure if so ordered by
  172  the court.
  173         (2) PUBLICATION OF SALE.—Notice of sale shall be published
  174  on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 for
  175  at least 2 consecutive weeks before the sale or once a week for
  176  2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, as
  177  provided in chapter 50, published in the county where the sale
  178  is to be held. The second publication by newspaper shall be at
  179  least 5 days before the sale. The notice shall contain:
  180         (a) A description of the property to be sold.
  181         (b) The time and place of sale.
  182         (c) A statement that the sale will be made pursuant to the
  183  order or final judgment.
  184         (d) The caption of the action.
  185         (e) The name of the clerk making the sale.
  186         (f) A statement that any person claiming an interest in the
  187  surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as
  188  of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the
  189  clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
  190  
  191  The court, in its discretion, may enlarge the time of the sale.
  192  Notice of the changed time of sale shall be published as
  193  provided herein.
  194         Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  195  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  196  reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 50.011, Florida
  197  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  198         50.011 Publication of legal notices.—Whenever by statute an
  199  official or legal advertisement or a publication or notice in a
  200  newspaper or on a governmental agency website has been or is
  201  directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu of process, or
  202  for constructive service, or in initiating, assuming, reviewing,
  203  exercising, or enforcing jurisdiction or power, or for any
  204  purpose, including all legal notices and advertisements of
  205  sheriffs and tax collectors, such legislation, whether existing
  206  or repealed, means either of the following:
  207         (2) A publication on a publicly accessible website under s.
  208  50.0311.
  209         Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  210  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  211  reference thereto, subsection (12) of section 90.902, Florida
  212  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  213         90.902 Self-authentication.—Extrinsic evidence of
  214  authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not
  215  required for:
  216         (12) A legal notice published in accordance with the
  217  requirements of chapter 50 in the print edition of a qualified
  218  newspaper or on a publicly accessible website as provided in s.
  219  50.0311.
  220         Section 6. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  221  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  222  reference thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
  223  120.81, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  224         120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general areas.—
  225         (1) EDUCATIONAL UNITS.—
  226         (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
  227  educational units shall not be required to include the full text
  228  of the rule or rule amendment in notices relating to rules and
  229  need not publish these or other notices in the Florida
  230  Administrative Register, but notice shall be made:
  231         1. By publication in a newspaper qualified under chapter 50
  232  in the affected area or on a publicly accessible website as
  233  provided in s. 50.0311;
  234         2. By mail to all persons who have made requests of the
  235  educational unit for advance notice of its proceedings and to
  236  organizations representing persons affected by the proposed
  237  rule; and
  238         3. By posting in appropriate places so that those
  239  particular classes of persons to whom the intended action is
  240  directed may be duly notified.
  241         Section 7. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  242  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in
  243  references thereto, paragraphs (b) and (h) of subsection (1) of
  244  section 121.055, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read:
  245         121.055 Senior Management Service Class.—There is hereby
  246  established a separate class of membership within the Florida
  247  Retirement System to be known as the “Senior Management Service
  248  Class,” which shall become effective February 1, 1987.
  249         (1)
  250         (b)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., effective
  251  January 1, 1990, participation in the Senior Management Service
  252  Class is compulsory for the president of each community college,
  253  the manager of each participating municipality or county, and
  254  all appointed district school superintendents. Effective January
  255  1, 1994, additional positions may be designated for inclusion in
  256  the Senior Management Service Class if:
  257         a. Positions to be included in the class are designated by
  258  the local agency employer. Notice of intent to designate
  259  positions for inclusion in the class must be published for at
  260  least 2 consecutive weeks if published on a publicly accessible
  261  website as provided in s. 50.0311 or, if published in print,
  262  once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified
  263  under chapter 50 that is published in the county or counties
  264  affected.
  265         b. Up to 10 nonelective full-time positions may be
  266  designated for each local agency employer reporting to the
  267  department; for local agencies with 100 or more regularly
  268  established positions, additional nonelective full-time
  269  positions may be designated, not to exceed 1 percent of the
  270  regularly established positions within the agency.
  271         c. Each position added to the class must be a managerial or
  272  policymaking position filled by an employee who is not subject
  273  to continuing contract and serves at the pleasure of the local
  274  agency employer without civil service protection, and who:
  275         (I) Heads an organizational unit; or
  276         (II) Has responsibility to effect or recommend personnel,
  277  budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or her areas of
  278  responsibility.
  279         2. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
  280  Service Class, members of the Senior Management Service Class,
  281  pursuant to subparagraph 1., may withdraw from the Florida
  282  Retirement System altogether. The decision to withdraw from the
  283  system is irrevocable as long as the employee holds the
  284  position. Any service creditable under the Senior Management
  285  Service Class shall be retained after the member withdraws from
  286  the system; however, additional service credit in the Senior
  287  Management Service Class may not be earned after such
  288  withdrawal. Such members are not eligible to participate in the
  289  Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program.
  290         3. Effective January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, an
  291  employee who has withdrawn from the Florida Retirement System
  292  under subparagraph 2. has one opportunity to elect to
  293  participate in the pension plan or the investment plan.
  294         a. If the employee elects to participate in the investment
  295  plan, membership shall be prospective, and the applicable
  296  provisions of s. 121.4501(4) govern the election.
  297         b. If the employee elects to participate in the pension
  298  plan, the employee shall, upon payment to the system trust fund
  299  of the amount calculated under sub-sub-subparagraph (I), receive
  300  service credit for prior service based upon the time during
  301  which the employee had withdrawn from the system.
  302         (I) The cost for such credit shall be an amount
  303  representing the actuarial accrued liability for the affected
  304  period of service. The cost shall be calculated using the
  305  discount rate and other relevant actuarial assumptions that were
  306  used to value the pension plan liabilities in the most recent
  307  actuarial valuation. The calculation must include any service
  308  already maintained under the pension plan in addition to the
  309  period of withdrawal. The actuarial accrued liability
  310  attributable to any service already maintained under the pension
  311  plan shall be applied as a credit to the total cost resulting
  312  from the calculation. The division must ensure that the transfer
  313  sum is prepared using a formula and methodology certified by an
  314  actuary.
  315         (II) The employee must transfer a sum representing the net
  316  cost owed for the actuarial accrued liability in sub-sub
  317  subparagraph (I) immediately following the time of such
  318  movement, determined assuming that attained service equals the
  319  sum of service in the pension plan and the period of withdrawal.
  320         (h)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective
  321  January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management Service
  322  Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts Administrator and
  323  the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the Clerk of the Supreme
  324  Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court, the Executive Director
  325  of the Justice Administrative Commission, the capital collateral
  326  regional counsel, the clerks of the district courts of appeals,
  327  the marshals of the district courts of appeals, and the trial
  328  court administrator and the Chief Deputy Court Administrator in
  329  each judicial circuit. Effective January 1, 1994, additional
  330  positions in the offices of the state attorney and public
  331  defender in each judicial circuit may be designated for
  332  inclusion in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida
  333  Retirement System, provided that:
  334         a. Positions to be included in the class shall be
  335  designated by the state attorney or public defender, as
  336  appropriate. Notice of intent to designate positions for
  337  inclusion in the class shall be published for at least 2
  338  consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible website as provided
  339  in s. 50.0311 or, if published in print, once a week for 2
  340  consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified under chapter 50 in
  341  the county or counties affected.
  342         b. One nonelective full-time position may be designated for
  343  each state attorney and public defender reporting to the
  344  Department of Management Services; for agencies with 200 or more
  345  regularly established positions under the state attorney or
  346  public defender, additional nonelective full-time positions may
  347  be designated, not to exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly
  348  established positions within the agency.
  349         c. Each position added to the class must be a managerial or
  350  policymaking position filled by an employee who serves at the
  351  pleasure of the state attorney or public defender without civil
  352  service protection, and who:
  353         (I) Heads an organizational unit; or
  354         (II) Has responsibility to effect or recommend personnel,
  355  budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or her areas of
  356  responsibility.
  357         2. Participation in this class shall be compulsory, except
  358  as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial employee who
  359  holds a position designated for coverage in the Senior
  360  Management Service Class, and such participation shall continue
  361  until the employee terminates employment in a covered position.
  362  Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this class is
  363  compulsory for assistant state attorneys, assistant statewide
  364  prosecutors, assistant public defenders, and assistant capital
  365  collateral regional counsel. Effective January 1, 2002,
  366  participation in this class is compulsory for assistant
  367  attorneys general.
  368         3. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
  369  Service Class, such members, excluding assistant state
  370  attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant statewide
  371  prosecutors, assistant attorneys general, and assistant capital
  372  collateral regional counsel, may participate in the Senior
  373  Management Service Optional Annuity Program as established in
  374  subsection (6).
  375         Section 8. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  376  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  377  reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  378  162.12, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  379         162.12 Notices.—
  380         (2) In addition to providing notice as set forth in
  381  subsection (1), at the option of the code enforcement board or
  382  the local government, notice may be served by publication or
  383  posting, as follows:
  384         (a)1. Such notice shall be published in print in a
  385  newspaper or on a publicly accessible website as provided in s.
  386  50.0311 for 4 consecutive weeks. If published in print, the
  387  notice shall be published once during each week for 4
  388  consecutive weeks (four publications being sufficient) in a
  389  newspaper in the county where the code enforcement board is
  390  located. The newspaper shall meet such requirements as are
  391  prescribed under chapter 50 for legal and official
  392  advertisements.
  393         2. Proof of publication shall be made as provided in ss.
  394  50.041 and 50.051.
  395         Section 9. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  396  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  397  reference thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
  398  190.005, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  399         190.005 Establishment of district.—
  400         (1) The exclusive and uniform method for the establishment
  401  of a community development district with a size of 2,500 acres
  402  or more shall be pursuant to a rule, adopted under chapter 120
  403  by the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, granting
  404  a petition for the establishment of a community development
  405  district.
  406         (d) A local public hearing on the petition shall be
  407  conducted by a hearing officer in conformance with the
  408  applicable requirements and procedures of the Administrative
  409  Procedure Act. The hearing shall include oral and written
  410  comments on the petition pertinent to the factors specified in
  411  paragraph (e). The hearing shall be held at an accessible
  412  location in the county in which the community development
  413  district is to be located. The petitioner shall cause a notice
  414  of the hearing to be published for 4 successive weeks on a
  415  publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 or, if
  416  published in print, in a newspaper at least once a week for the
  417  4 successive weeks immediately prior to the hearing as provided
  418  in chapter 50. Such notice shall give the time and place for the
  419  hearing, a description of the area to be included in the
  420  district, which description shall include a map showing clearly
  421  the area to be covered by the district, and any other relevant
  422  information which the establishing governing bodies may require.
  423  If published in the print edition of a newspaper, the
  424  advertisement may not be placed in the portion of the newspaper
  425  where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. The
  426  advertisement must be published in a newspaper in the county and
  427  of general interest and readership in the community pursuant to
  428  chapter 50. Whenever possible, the advertisement shall appear in
  429  a newspaper that is published at least weekly, unless the only
  430  newspaper in the community is published less than weekly. If the
  431  notice is published in the print edition of the newspaper, the
  432  map must also be included in any online advertisement pursuant
  433  to s. 50.0211. All affected units of general-purpose local
  434  government and the general public shall be given an opportunity
  435  to appear at the hearing and present oral or written comments on
  436  the petition.
  437         Section 10. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  438  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in
  439  references thereto, paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
  440  200.065, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  441         200.065 Method of fixing millage.—
  442         (2) No millage shall be levied until a resolution or
  443  ordinance has been approved by the governing board of the taxing
  444  authority which resolution or ordinance must be approved by the
  445  taxing authority according to the following procedure:
  446         (f)1. Notwithstanding any provisions of paragraph (c) to
  447  the contrary, each school district shall advertise its intent to
  448  adopt a tentative budget on a publicly accessible website
  449  pursuant to s. 50.0311 or in a newspaper of general circulation
  450  pursuant to subsection (3) within 29 days after certification of
  451  value pursuant to subsection (1). For the purpose of this
  452  paragraph, the term “publicly accessible website” includes a
  453  district school board’s official website if the school board
  454  website satisfies the remaining requirements of s. 50.0311. Not
  455  less than 2 days or more than 5 days thereafter, the district
  456  shall hold a public hearing on the tentative budget pursuant to
  457  the applicable provisions of paragraph (c). In the event of
  458  postponement or recess due to a declared state of emergency, the
  459  school district may postpone or recess the hearing for up to 7
  460  days and shall post a prominent notice at the place of the
  461  original hearing showing the date, time, and place where the
  462  hearing will be reconvened. The posted notice shall measure not
  463  less than 8.5 by 11 inches. The school district shall make every
  464  reasonable effort to provide reasonable notification of the
  465  continued hearing to the taxpayers. The information must also be
  466  posted on the school district’s website if the district school
  467  board uses a different method of advertisement.
  468         2. Notwithstanding any provisions of paragraph (b) to the
  469  contrary, each school district shall advise the property
  470  appraiser of its recomputed proposed millage rate within 35 days
  471  of certification of value pursuant to subsection (1). The
  472  recomputed proposed millage rate of the school district shall be
  473  considered its proposed millage rate for the purposes of
  474  paragraph (b).
  475         3. Notwithstanding any provisions of paragraph (d) to the
  476  contrary, each school district shall hold a public hearing to
  477  finalize the budget and adopt a millage rate within 80 days of
  478  certification of value pursuant to subsection (1), but not
  479  earlier than 65 days after certification. The hearing shall be
  480  held in accordance with the applicable provisions of paragraph
  481  (d), except that a newspaper advertisement need not precede the
  482  hearing.
  483         Section 11. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  484  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  485  reference thereto, subsection (5) of section 849.38, Florida
  486  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  487         849.38 Proceedings for forfeiture; notice of seizure and
  488  order to show cause.—
  489         (5) If the value of the property seized is shown by the
  490  sheriff’s return to have an appraised value of $1,000 or less,
  491  the above citation shall be served by posting at three public
  492  places in the county, one of which shall be the front door of
  493  the courthouse; if the value of the property is shown by the
  494  sheriff’s return to have an approximate value of more than
  495  $1,000, the citation shall be published by print or posted for
  496  at least 2 consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible website as
  497  provided in s. 50.0311. If published in print, the citation
  498  shall appear at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in
  499  a newspaper qualified to publish legal notices under chapter 50
  500  that is published in the county, if there is such a newspaper
  501  published in the county. If there is no such newspaper, the
  502  notice of such publication shall be made by certificate of the
  503  clerk if publication is made by posting, and by affidavit as
  504  provided in chapter 50, if made by publication as provided in
  505  chapter 50, which affidavit or certificate shall be filed and
  506  become a part of the record in the cause. Failure of the record
  507  to show proof of such publication shall not affect any judgment
  508  made in the cause unless it shall affirmatively appear that no
  509  such publication was made.
  510         Section 12. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  511  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  512  reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
  513  1001.372, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  514         1001.372 District school board meetings.—
  515         (2) PLACE OF MEETINGS.—
  516         (c) For the purpose of this section, due public notice
  517  shall consist of, at least 2 days prior to the meeting:
  518  continuous publication on a publicly accessible website as
  519  provided in s. 50.0311 or the official district school board
  520  website; publication in a newspaper of general circulation in
  521  the county, or in each county where there is no newspaper of
  522  general circulation in the county, an announcement over at least
  523  one radio station whose signal is generally received in the
  524  county, a reasonable number of times daily during the 48 hours
  525  immediately preceding the date of such meeting; or posting a
  526  notice at the courthouse door if no newspaper is published in
  527  the county.
  528         Section 13. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  529  made by this act to section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, in a
  530  reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 1011.03, Florida
  531  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  532         1011.03 Public hearings; budget to be submitted to
  533  Department of Education.—
  534         (1) Each district school board shall cause a summary of its
  535  tentative budget, including the proposed millage levies as
  536  provided for by law, to be posted on the district’s official
  537  website or on a publicly accessible website as provided in s.
  538  50.0311.
  539         Section 14. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.