The Committee on Government Organization met this afternoon.
House Bill 4260 creates a state central legal advertising website. The website would be created and administrated by the State Auditor. The bill shortens the time online ads must be published in newspapers as long as it is on the website.
In the 2021 Regular Session, the Legislature completed Senate Bill 642, which required the State Auditor to establish a public notice database on its website centralizing access to all state and state agency postings of legal advertisements required by law, in addition to newspaper publications.
House Bill 4260 is the creation of a website separate from the State Auditor’s website. However, the State Auditor would maintain the site. The site would not charge for use. The amended bill advances to the Judiciary Committee.
House Bill 4286 exempts attorneys from the civil service system. The bill advances.
House Bill 4297 coordinates information sharing between the DHHR and the State Auditor’s Office to aid in investigating reports of financial abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults. The committee advanced an amended bill to the Judiciary Committee.
House Bill 4333 terminates the Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters on June 30, 2023.
