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This bill mandates the creation and maintenance of a State Central Legal Advertising Website by the State Auditor, which must be accessible to the public and free for entities required to post legal advertisements by state law or court order, with the website to be operational by January 1, 2027. The bill also modifies publication requirements for Class II and Class III legal advertisements, reducing them to a single publication for one week if posted on this new website, whereas without website publication, the existing, longer publication schedules outlined in §59-3-2 of the code will apply. Furthermore, the State Auditor will develop an electronic affidavit form to certify that advertisements were posted on the website, which courts will accept as proof of publication, and the Auditor will also propose rules to implement these provisions and may report annually to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on the website's usage and impact.

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