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This bill modifies Tennessee's legal notice publication requirements by establishing new rules for websites hosting these notices. Specifically, the bill mandates that websites publishing legal notices must be free to access, cannot require fees or subscriptions, and must be independently owned from any newspaper of general circulation. Additionally, website owners publishing legal notices must calculate publication rates by word count, ensuring these rates are comparable to their standard advertising rates, and must provide an invoice with an affidavit detailing the number of days the notice was published. The bill includes two notable exceptions: it does not apply to certain legal notices related to specific statutory references (§ 35-5-101) and does not cover the publication of sample ballots (§ 2-5-211). These changes aim to make legal notices more accessible to the public by removing financial barriers to viewing important government and legal information. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, giving stakeholders time to adapt to the new requirements.

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