PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides relative to the official journal. (8/1/26)
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
Summary
The bill requires that all advertisements, public notices, proclamations and similar content from the Louisiana legislature, executive agencies and other state bodies be published either in a daily newspaper that meets specific qualifications or on a website run by the commissioner of administration called the Official Journal of the State. It also sets rules for how parishes, municipalities and school boards can contract for publishing their notices and limits the compensation they may pay. The changes become effective on July 1, 2027.
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