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SB1167 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1167
cities;
towns; counties; posting; website
Purpose
Allows a city,
town or county to satisfy any statutory requirements for advertising,
publishing or printing by posting the public notice on the official website of
the city, town or county and the official website of a newspaper that is
qualified to publish public notices.
Background
Statute outlines
circumstances when the governing board of a city, town or county board of
supervisors (county BOS) must contract with a newspaper for the publication of
public notices. These circumstances include but are not limited to: 1) notices
of election; 2) invitations for bids;
3) notices of letting contracts; 4) laws and ordinances; 5) notices of zoning;
and 6) notices of proposed city charters. A county BOS must contract for all
advertising, publications and printing required to be done or made by all
departments of county government (A.R.S. ��
9-812
and
11-251
).
When publication
of a notice in a newspaper is directed or authorized by law, the publication
must be in the newspaper of general circulation. If the place of publication of
the notice is not specified, publication must be in a newspaper printed and
published within: 1) the county where the state capital is located, if the
notice is from a state office, board or commission; 2) the county, if the
notice is from a county officer, board or commission or any person in the
county; or 3) the territorial limits, if the notice is from the district, city
or town officer, board, commission, or by any person in the district, city or
town. A
newspaper
is a publication regularly issued for dissemination of
news of a general and public character at stated short intervals of time. The publication
must be from a known office of publication, bear dates of issue and be numbered
consecutively. The publication may not be designed primarily for advertising,
free circulation or circulation at nominal rates, but must have a bona fide
list of paying subscribers (A.R.S.
��
39-201
and
39-204
).
There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1.
Allows a city, town or county to satisfy any statutory requirement for
advertising, publishing or printing by posting the public notice on the
official website of the city, town or county and the official website of a
newspaper that is qualified to publish public notices.
2.
Requires a city, town or county to electronically provide the newspaper
with the public notice that is to be posted at least one full business day
before the required notice date to satisfy the statutory requirement for
advertising, publishing or printing.
3.
Requires a city, town or county to post the public notice on the
official website of the city, town or county by the required notice date.
4.
Requires a city, town or county that posts public notices on the
official website to include a public notices link on the home page of the
website that links to all statutorily required public notices listed by
category.
5.
Specifies that the ability to satisfy the statutory requirement to print
public notices as outlined does not apply to a notice of a proposed city
charter.
6.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by the
House of Representatives
�
1.
Requires a city, town or county to post a public notice on the official
website of a qualified newspaper, in addition to the official government website,
to satisfy any statutory requirement for publishing public notices.
2.
Requires a city, town or county to electronically provide the newspaper
with the public notice at least one full business day before the required
posting date.
3.
Requires a public notice published on a website to be posted by the
required posting date.
4.
Makes conforming changes.
Senate Action
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Prepared by Senate Research
April 20, 2026
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Chapter 0152 - 572R - H Ver of SB1167
House Engrossed
Senate Bill
cities; towns;
counties; posting; website
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 152
SENATE BILL 1167
AN
ACT
amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, arizona
revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; amending title 11, chapter
2, article 4, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 11-269.31;
relating to publication of notices.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.54, to read:
START_STATUTE
9-500.54.
Notices; posting requirements; official website; applicability
A. Notwithstanding any other law, A
city or town may satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing
or printing required by this title by posting the advertisement, publication or
printing on the official website of the city or town
and
on the official website of a newspaper that is qualified to publish notices
under this title.
B. To satisfy the posting
requirements prescribed by subsection A of this section, a city or town shall
electronically provide the newspaper with the notice that is to be posted on
the official website of the newspaper at least one full business day before the
required notice date. The city or town shall post the notice on the official
website of the city or town by the required notice date.
C. A city or town that posts public
notices on the official website of the city or town shall include a public
notices link on the home page of the website of the city or town that links to
all statutorily required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by
category.
D. This section does not apply to
publishing a notice of a proposed charter as required by section 9-282
.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-269.31, to read:
START_STATUTE
11-269.31.
Notices; posting requirements; official website
A. Notwithstanding any other law, A
county may satisfy any statutory requirement for advertising, publishing or
printing required by this title by posting the advertisement, publication or
printing on the official website of the county
and on the
official website of a newspaper that is qualified to publish notices under this
title.
B. To satisfy the posting
requirements prescribed by subsection A of this section, a county shall
electronically provide the newspaper with the notice that is to be posted on
the official website of the newspaper at least one full business day before the
required notice date.� The county shall post the notice on the official website
of the county by the required notice date.
C. A county that posts public notices
on the official website of the county shall include a public notices link on
the home page of the website of the county that links to all statutorily
required advertising, publishing or printing, listed by category.
END_STATUTE
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 19, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.