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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1377
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
PUBLIC
NOTICES;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
1,
TITLE
60,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
2
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
60
-
106B,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
3
ALLOWING
CERTAIN
GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES
TO
PUBLISH
ABBREVIATED
PUBLIC
4
NOTICES
IN
NEWSPAPERS
IN
LIEU
OF
FULL
PUBLIC
NOTICES
AND
REQUIRING
CER
-
5
TAIN
GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES
TO
PUBLISH
FULL
PUBLIC
NOTICES
ON
THE
NEWS
-
6
PAPER
ASSOCIATION
OF
IDAHO'S
WEBSITE
FOR
PUBLIC
NOTICES;
AND
DECLARING
7
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
8
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
9
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
1,
Title
60,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
10
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
1
1
ignated
as
Section
60
-
106B,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
12
60
-
106B.
PUBLICATION
OF
NOTICES
-
-
ABBREVIATED
NOTICES
ALLOWED.
(1)
13
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
any
county,
14
city,
or
school
district
board
of
trustees
required
or
provided
by
the
laws
15
of
the
state
of
Idaho
to
publish
legal
notices,
advertisements,
or
publica
-
16
tions
of
any
kind
in
a
newspaper
of
general
circulation
in
accordance
with
17
section
60
-
106,
Idaho
Code,
may
elect
to
have
an
abbreviated
version
of
such
18
notice
published
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
this
section.
The
19
abbreviated
public
notice
shall
include,
at
a
minimum:
20
(a)
The
name
of
the
governmental
entity
issuing
the
public
notice;
21
(b)
A
title
and
description
of
the
contents
of
the
public
notice
suffi
-
22
cient
to
inform
the
public
of
such
contents;
23
(c)
The
date,
time,
and
location
of
any
meeting,
hearing,
or
action,
if
24
applicable;
and
25
(d)
Either
an
internet
link
to
the
website
address
where
the
full
public
26
notice
can
be
found
or
a
quick
response
code
that
links
to
the
website
27
address
where
the
full
public
notice
can
be
found,
or
both.
28
(2)
If
all
requirements
of
subsection
(1)
of
this
section
are
met,
an
29
abbreviated
public
notice
published
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
have
the
30
same
legal
force
and
effect
as
full
public
notices
published
in
a
newspaper
31
pursuant
to
section
60
-
106,
Idaho
Code.
32
(3)
Nothing
in
this
section
prevents
a
county,
city,
or
school
district
33
board
of
trustees
from
electing
to
publish
a
full
public
notice
in
a
newspa
-
34
per
of
general
circulation.
35
(4)
Whether
a
county,
city,
or
school
district
board
of
trustees
elects
36
to
publish
an
abbreviated
public
notice
or
a
full
public
notice
in
a
newspa
-
37
per
of
general
circulation,
such
entity
shall
send
to
the
newspaper
a
copy
of
38
the
full,
unabbreviated
public
notice
to
be
electronically
published
on
the
39
public
notices
website
of
the
newspaper
association
of
Idaho.
40
2
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
1
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
2
September
1,
2026.
3