A 10387: Authorizes municipalities to post legal notices on their official municipal websites in lieu of publishing such notices in a newspaper.
The Local Government Notice Modernization and Transparency Act aims to modernize and increase transparency in local government notice procedures. A municipality can authorize the posting of legal notices on its official website in lieu of publishing them in a newspaper when required by state or local law. To do this, the municipality must enact a local law authorizing online notification. The municipality must also physically post and maintain at least three notices throughout the municipality informing the public that legal notices will only be posted online. The official website must display a statement indicating that all required notices will be posted online and that they will be posted for the duration required by state or local law. Notices must be continuously prominently displayed on the municipality's official website for the required number of days. The act takes effect immed…
- What is the current status of A 10387?
- As of March 25, 2026, A 10387 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 3, 2026, was "referred to local governments".
- Did A 10387 pass?
- Not yet. A 10387 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 10387, and where is it now?
- A 10387 was authored by Asm. MaryJane Shimsky with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Local Government. It is filed under GMU, alongside 13 other New York GMU bills this session.
| Mar. 03, 2026 | referred to local governments |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10387 IN ASSEMBLY March 3, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to modernizing and increasing the transparency of local government notice procedures The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act may be cited as the "local govern- 2 ment notice modernization and transparency act". 3 § 2. Section 300 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 5 3. a. A municipality may authorize the posting of legal notices on its 6 official municipal website in lieu of publishing such notices in a news- 7 paper when such publication is otherwise required by state or local law. 8 To authorize website posting of official notices, a municipality must 9 enact a local law authorizing website notification. 10 b. Once the local law is enacted authorizing online notification of 11 official local notices in lieu of publishing legal notices in a newspa- 12 per, the municipality must physically post and maintain on an ongoing 13 basis at least three notices throughout the municipality informing the 14 public that legal notices from the municipality will only be posted on 15 the municipality's official website. In addition, the municipality's 16 official website must permanently prominently display the following 17 statement: "All legal notices required by state and local law will be 18 posted on this website in lieu of being published in a newspaper. Such 19 notices will be posted for the duration required by the applicable state 20 or local law." 21 c. Notices must be continuously prominently displayed on the munici- 22 pality's official website for the number of days the state or local law 23 requires. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14943-01-6