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Publ Public ic Notices Notices

A A fina financi cially ly s str train ained ne news wspa paper indus industry in in Ne New w Jersey

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• With

ithout public lic noti tice advert rtising th the newsp spaper in indust stry cou

• uld

ld lo lose se more than han 200 200-300 job jobs. s.

• Many news

wspape pers incl cludi ding many sma mall we weekly news wspa papers wi will shut do down wn.

• Wi

Without a com commercial television station, many residents are de depe pende dent

• n newsp

spapers for news.

• s. This

is is is esp specia iall lly tru true of sm small ll weeklies th that t cove ver r town n ne news.

• With

ithout a TV V sta station and th the clo losure of

• f so

some me papers rs, th the sta state te of

• f news

s coverage in in NJ will ill be gr greatly ly dim imin inis ished.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Cos Cost to to t to towns wns

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• Offic

ice of

• f Legi

gisla lative Se Serv rvices note

• ted in

in 2011 th that t go government ta takeover of public lic noti tices “wou

• uld

ld have an in indetermin inate cost” to to loc local go governments and sta state te agenci cies es.

• Web site

site sy syste stems must st be se secure and se searchable

• le. This

is will ill add to to th the cos

• st for

many town wns, espe pecially smaller ones.

• Pu

Public lic notic tices are ess ssential public lic documents. Outs tsid ide partie rties alte lterin ing th them cou

• uld

ld le lead to to la lawsu suit its.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Cos Cost to to t to towns wns, co

cont.

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• The pote
• tential

l for

• r high

igher pers rsonnel l cost sts exi xist for

• r so

some to towns.

• The pote
• tential

l for

• r high

igher IT cos

• sts exi

xists.

• High

Higher cos

• sts to

to th the sta state for

• r unemployment benefits exi

xists due to to newsp spaper la

• layoffs. It

t could amou

• unt to

to hundreds of th thou

• usands of
• f dolla

llars per r month.

• Priv

Private party rty noti tices will ill add a sign signific icant burden on

• n to

towns.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Cos Cost to to t to towns wns, co

cont.

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• Th

The cu current co cost to

• town

wns fo for legally requ quired d transpa parency via pu publ blic c noti tices is is very ry sma small. ll.

• Neither the legislature nor any ot
• ther government bo

body dy has don done an ade dequ quate analysis of

• f the new

w cos costs to town wns and d state government resulting to the removal of f pu publ blic notices fr from

• m news

wspa pape pers. .

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

All All Ne New J w Jersey public public notic notices ar are alr already online

• nline

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• Sin

Since 2003, , NJPA has s main intained a free websit site of all ll public lic notic tices www.NJpub ublicN cNotices ces.co .com, pr providi ding NJ ci citizens searchable acce ccess to bo both cu current and d arch chived d pu publ blic c not

• tices since

ce November 2002.

• In the NJPA da

databa base, pu publ blic notices are translatabl ble into numerous languages incl cludi ding Spa panish, Hindi di, Ar Arabi bic, Chinese, and d over 100 100 othe hers rs.

• Th

The we webs bsite is co compl pletely ‘smart searchabl ble’ ’ by town wn, ca category of

• f pu

publ blic c not

• tice and

d da date, etc. c.

• Use

Users may also lso sig sign up for

• r email

il noti tifications base sed on

• n keywords th

they pr provide de.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

All All Ne New J w Jersey public public notic notices ar are alr already online

• nline, co

cont.

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The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

• www.NJPub

ublicN cNotices ces is is a se secure site site.

• A

A pr printed d record d of f a pu publ blic c not

• tice in a news

wspa pape per is an impor portant do docu cument in any governmental or legal pr proc

• ceedi

dings. . It is evide dence a pu publ blic not

• tice has not
• t be

been altered d and d wa was pu publ blished d on the co correct da date.

• There is

is no cost to to use sers or

• r to

towns and countie ies for

• r th

the on

• nlin

line se service.

• New Jersey resi

sidents curr rrently ly have on

• ne pla

lace to to go go for

• r all

ll public lic noti tices in inste stead of havin ing g to to se search mu mult ltip iple to town and oth

• ther go

government websit sites.

Not all Ne Not all New J w Jersey r reside ident nts us use the the I Inte nternet

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• Accordin

ing to to th the la late test U U.S.

• S. Ce

Censu sus B Bureau, 1.8 milli illion New J Jers rsey residents do do not use the Internet. . Th That’s 22% % of f the state’s po popu pulation (see next pa page).

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Not all Ne Not all New J w Jersey r reside ident nts us use the the I Inte nterne net, co cont.

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(In thousands.)

Selected characteristics Total Population 3 years and older Individual accesses the Internet from some location 2 # of NJ individuals who do not access the Internet from some location

# # %

# %

New J Jerse rsey 8,428 6,588 78% 1,840 22%

Source: U U.S. Census B Bureau, C Current P Popu pulati tion S n Survey, O Octo ctobe ber 2 2012. Internet Release date: January 2014.

1 "Some location" means Internet access that occurs either inside or outside the respondent's home. 2 At least one member of the individual's household reported using the Internet from home.

Publi Public Notic c Notice r rate ates ar are lo low

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• The sta

statu tutorily con

• ntrolle

led rate tes, for

• r what

t amou

• unts to

to “go government transparency services,” ” have not

• t incr

creased d in 33 years.

• Accordin

ing to to th the U.S. Bureau of

• f la

labor sta stati tistics th the rate te of

• f in

infla lation sin since 1983 is 143% 143%. In In othe her words a a 1983 1983 dollar ar is no now $2. $2.43. 43.

• For

For New w Jersey news wspape pers, pu publ blic c notice rates are by fa far the lowe west rates they ch charge.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Go Government tr tran ansparency cy and the and the public public

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• Govern

rnment has an obl bligation to to main inta tain its ts cr credi edita tabili lity and d good d sta tandi ding with th th the e pu publ blic. .

• On

Online-only l leg egal pu publ blic n c noti

• tices

ces w would be be subj bjec ect t to to ch change, e, del deleti etion a and d oth

• ther

er acti ctions by unscru crupu pulous indi dividu

• duals. Ne

New opportu pportuniti ties es for

• r co

corru rrupti tion would also result lt.

• In

Indepen dependen ent t th thir ird-pa party ty o

• per

perati tion pr provided ed by newspa spaper er-media provides ess ssentia ial cr credi edibi bility to to th the e sy system tem of pu publ blic-no noti tificat ation. n.

• Takin

king pu publ blic c noti tices ces out t of newspa spaper ers and d di disen senfranch chising 22% % of th the e sta tate te’s po popu pulation cr crea eates tes th the e oppo pposite e ef effect ect of maintaining govern rnmen ent t tr transparen ency.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Fact actors to to cons conside ider

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• A fina

inancia ncially lly st straine ined ind indust ustry.

• Layoffs an

and ne newsp spap aper closur closures. s.

• Dim

iminishe inished ne news s co coverage ge.

• Cost

st to towns.

• ns. Lack

ck of a tho horough ugh co cost st ana naly lysis sis to determine ine the he total, l, act actua ual l costs ts to to govern rnment.

• All

ll NJ J pub ublic lic no notice ices s are alr already online line. . Transla nslatable

• le. Conv

nvenie nient nt for resid sidents s to ha have the hem in in local local print int, and nd all ll in in one ne pla lace ce at www.N .NJp Jpub ublicN licNotic ices.com. .

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.

Fact actors to to cons conside ider, co cont.

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• Le

Legal adva dvantage of f having a pr printed d record of

• f a pu

publ blic c not

• tice.
• 1.8 milli

million resi sidents or r 22% of th the popula lation do

• not

t use se th the Inte ternet.

• Sustained,

d, we well-regulated tr transparency is is vita ital l to to go good go government.

The purpose of public notice is to prevent official actions from occurring in secret.