Subject:
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Staff Report on Legal Notices Advertising Using the Least Expensive PublisherEnd
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Fiscal Impact:
Unknown
Dept/Office:
County Attorney's Office/Central Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners provide direction to staff upon review of the attached reports from the County Attorney's Office and Central Services Office...Recommendation
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On March 5, 2020, the Board directed staff to research the options and associated costs to advertise the County's legal notices in accordance with Florida Statutes and/or Federal Regulations, as required. The general requirements under Sections 50.011 and 50.031, Florida Statutes are as follows:
Section 50.011 Florida Statutes is summarized below:
1. A publication in a newspaper printed and published periodically once a week or oftener,
2. Containing at least 25 percent of its words in the English language,
3. Entered or qualified to be admitted and entered as periodicals matter at a post office in the county where published,
4. For sale to the public generally, available to the public generally for the publication of official or other notices, and
5. Customarily containing information of a public character or of interest or of value to the residents or owners of property in the county where published, or of interest or of value to the general public.
Section 50.031, Florida Statutes provides:
"No notice...required to be published in a newspaper shall be deemed published in accordance with the statutes...unless published in a newspaper which at the time of such publication shall have been in existence for 1 year and shall have been entered as periodicals matter in the county where published." (Emphasis added.)
The County is required to follow other subject-specific statutes regarding notice in addition to the provisions from Chapter 50 above. (See Excel spreadsheet for numerous statutory references.) Case...
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