Good afternoon MCANJ Members-

The Executive Board has been provided with an update by Lori Buckelew from the New Jersey League of Municipalities pertaining to advertising legal notices online. Below is the following update received:

On Thursday, February 13, 2025, Assembly Atkins and Senators Sarlo and Bucco introduced legislation (A-5343/S-4136) which extends the expiration date of P.L. 2024, c. 106 from March 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. In other words, if a newspaper met the statutory requirements of a legal newspaper from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, it will meet the requirements until December 31, 2025 regardless if the newspaper is in print or digital. The bills are already scheduled for Committee Hearings on Thursday, February 20, 2025 – Senate Judiciary and Assembly State and Local Committee. The NJLM anticipates that the bills will be before the full Senate on February 25,2025 and the full Assembly on February 27, 2025. The NJLM supports the bill and will continue to work on a long-term solution.

Link to bill - https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4136_I1.PDF

Also attached is a sample resolution for consideration by your governing body to support Legal Notices to be placed on a government website.

As more updates are made available, we will keep you posted!