Bill > SB0147

This bill amends the Revised Judicature Act of 1961 to modify the regulations surrounding legal notice publication fees. Specifically, it removes the sunset date (previously set for March 1, 2025) for annual inflation adjustments to publication rates, which means the treasury department can continue to adjust rates based on the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) indefinitely. The existing law sets maximum rates for legal notice publications at $20.50 per folio for the first publication and $8.45 per folio for subsequent publications, with minimum charges of $59.00 for notices published twice or more and $44.00 for single publication notices. The bill maintains the provision that the department of treasury will adjust these rates annually to reflect the percentage increase in the CPI for the preceding calendar year, with adjustments rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents. Additionally, the bill preserves existing provisions that allow newspapers to charge their regular commercial rates for state advertisements and require equal rate treatment for political and commercial notices.

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