Florida HB 1009: Statutorily Required Reports

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CS/CS/HB 1009 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to governmental agency publication of 2
advertisements and public notices; amending s. 3
50.0311, F.S.; expanding the definition of the term 4
"governmental agency"; revising the definition of the 5
term "publicly accessible website"; requiring that 6
certain legal notices be continuously published for a 7
specified timeframe when the notices are for a 8
specified purpose and provided under a certain 9
circumstance; authorizing certain counties or 10
specified municipalities, school boards, clerks of the 11
circuit court, and tax collectors to use a publicly 12
accessible website to publish certain advertisements 13
and legal notices under specified conditions; revising 14
the definition of the term "special district"; 15
requiring that certain public bid advertisements on a 16
publicly accessible website be provided and accessible 17
to the general public without charge; reenacting ss. 18
11.02, 45.031(2), 50.011(2), 50.021, 50.0211(3), 19
50.031, 50.051, 50.061(4), 50.0711(1), (3) and (4), 20
69.081(9), 90.902(12), 120.81(1)(d), 121.055(1)(b) and 21
(h), 125.66(2)(a), 162.12(2)(a), 189.015(1), 22
190.005(1)(d), 197.402(1), 200.065(2)(f), 23
338.223(1)(c), 348.0308(3), 348.635(3), 348.7605(3), 24
373.0397, 373.146, 403.722(12), 849.38(5), 25

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932.704(6)(a), 1001.372(2)(c), and 1011.03(1), F.S., 26
relating to notice of special or local legislation or 27
certain relief acts, judicial sales procedure, 28
publication of legal notices, publication when no 29
newspaper in county, Internet website publication, 30
newspapers in which legal notices and process may be 31
published, proof of publication, form of uniform 32
affidavit, amounts chargeable, court docket fund, 33
service charges, publications, sunshine in litigation, 34
concealment of public hazards prohibited, self-35
authentication, exceptions and special requirements, 36
general areas, Senior Management Service Class, 37
ordinances, enactment procedure, emergency ordinances, 38
rezoning or change of land use ordinances or 39
resolutions, notices, meetings, notice, required 40
reports, establishment of district, advertisement of 41
real or personal property with delinquent taxes, 42
method of fixing millage, proposed turnpike projects, 43
public-private partnership, public-private 44
partnership, public-private partnership, Floridan and 45
Biscayne aquifers, designation of prime groundwater 46
recharge areas, publication of notices, process, and 47
papers, permits, hazardous waste disposal, storage, 48
and treatment facilities, proceedings for forfeiture, 49
notice of seizure and order to show cause, forfeiture 50

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proceedings, district school board meetings, public 51
hearings, budget to be submitted to Department of 52
Education, respectively; providing an effective date. 53
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 55
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Section 1. Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, is amended 57
to read: 58
50.0311 Publication of advertisements and public notices 59
on a publicly accessible website and governmental access 60
channels.— 61
(1) For purposes of this chapter, the term "governmental 62
agency" means a county, municipality, school board, clerk of the 63
circuit court, tax collector, water management district 64
operating pursuant to chapter 373, or other unit of local 65
government or political subdivision in this state. 66
(2) For purposes of notices and advertisements required 67
under s. 50.011, the term "publicly accessible website" means a 68
county's official website or other private website designated by 69
the county for the publication of legal notices and 70
advertisements which that is accessible through via the 71
Internet. For legal notices and advertisements required under s. 72
50.011 by a municipality, clerk of the circuit court, tax 73
collector, water management district, or other unit of local 74
government, the term "publicly accessible website" means such 75

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entity's official website, a private website designated by such 76
entity, a county's official website, or a private website 77
designated by the county in which such entity is located. 78
(3) All advertisements and public notices published on a 79
website as provided in this chapter must be in searchable form 80
and indicate the date