CHAPTER 585
PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGALIZING ACTS

Referred to in §3.7

  
     
585.1  Publication prior to passage.
  No bill which seeks to legalize the official proceedings of any board of supervisors, board of school directors, or city council, or which seeks to legalize any warrant or bond issued by any of said official bodies, shall be placed on passage in either house or senate until such bill as introduced shall have been published in full in some newspaper published within the territorial limits of the public corporation whose proceedings, warrants, or bonds are proposed to be legalized, nor until proof of such publication shall have been filed with the chief clerk of the house, and with the secretary of the senate, and a brief minute of such filing entered on the respective journals.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.1]
Additional requirements, §2.9 

     
585.2  Place of publication in certain cases.
  In case no newspaper is published within such territorial limits, the publication required by this chapter shall be made in one newspaper of general circulation published within the county.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.2]

     
585.3  Caption of publication.
  1.  The publication required by this chapter shall be made under the following caption or heading, to wit:
  Proposed bill for the legalization of the proceedings of (name of official body).
  2.  If the proposed bill be for the legalization of the bonds or warrants of the public corporation, the caption shall be modified accordingly.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10360; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.3]
2013 Acts, ch 30, §181

     
585.4  Cost of publication.
  If the bill be introduced at the instance of the public body whose proceedings, bonds, or warrants are sought to be legalized, the cost of the aforesaid publication may be paid from the general fund of the public corporation.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.4]
Cost of printing, §2.9 

     
585.5  Subsequent amendment — effect.
  The amendment of the proposed bill after its publication as aforesaid shall not affect its legality, provided the subject matter of the bill is not substantially changed.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §585.5]