Electronic Notice is Good for Cary,Apex,Garner,Knightdale,and Raleigh is Good for Every other City in this State

North Carolina Senator Dr. Trudy Wade is a primary sponsor of Senate Bill #186 in regards to public notices in the State of North Carolina. What makes this bill so significant is that we have other cities that have enacted local bills in the past to allow them to have electronic notices. For example way back in 2003 Raleigh and Lake Waccamaw had this bill passed

SESSION LAW 2003-161

SENATE BILL 292

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF LAKE
WACCAMAW TO USE ELECTRONIC MEANS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC

NOTICE FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  

 

Section 22 of the Charter of the City of Raleigh, being Chapter
1184 of the 1949 Session Laws, as amended, is amended by adding the following new

subsection:

"(87) Electronic Notice of Hearings. The City Council may adopt ordinances

providing that notice of public hearings may be given through electronic means,

including, but not limited to, the City's Internet site. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this

section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by mail to certain classes

of people or the posting of signs on certain property and shall not alter the publication

schedule for any public notice."

SECTION 2. The governing body of the Town of Lake Waccamaw may
adopt ordinances providing that notice of public hearings may be given through

electronic means, including, but not limited to, the Town's Internet site. Ordinances

adopted pursuant to this section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by

mail to certain classes of people or the posting of signs on certain property and shall not

alter the publication schedule for any public notice.

SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
 

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5

th day of June,
2003.
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Then we also have another bill that was passed in 2007 in Senate Bill #1579  which allowed the towns of Apex, Cary, Garner and Knightdale to have the means of using electronic notices .

These local cities are saving taxpayers money by having the ability to use their own local web site to publish public notices. It is time for every other city and county to also have this ability to do the same thing. What is good for these cities is good for the whole State of North Carolina.