Senate Local Government & Housing

The Senate Local Government Housing Committee will come to order. Mr. Alden Zaro, please call the roll. Senators Basley. Rosen. Ball. Here. Linstadt. Here. Liston. Excuse. Rich. Here. Snyder. Here. Mr. Chair. Good morning. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to Saint Lo Government Housing. We have two bills this morning and we will again. We begin with Senate Bill 61. Senator Rich and Senator Roberts, who would like to start. Senator rich thank you, Mr. Chair. And I think everyone will know that we have a strike below, but we'll go ahead and speak to the bill unless you want to do that differently. This bill addresses something that might sound technical but has very real consequences for local governments trying to follow the law. How and where to publish required legal notices. Under current Colorado law, counties and other local governments must publish legal notices, things like public hearing announcements, budget notices and other required public communications in a newspaper that meets specific criteria. Among those criteria is holding a U.S. postal Service periodical mailing permit. That requirement made sense decades ago when nearly every community had a qualified local paper. But the newspaper industry has changed dramatically. Many…