The Denver Post: On Monday, lawmakers have a chance to stand up for transparency and ensure that Colorado’s cities, counties and the ever-growing number of special districts continue to put paid legal notices in a publication that the government does not own or control.

House Bill 1095 is a good piece of legislation tarred by a bad amendment that loosens requirements for public notices. Lawmakers should strike down the amendment on the floor of the Colorado House of Representatives, but we hope the bill passes without it.

The legislation proposed by Rep. Larry Don Suckla, a Republican from Cortez, would require newspapers or publications chosen for legal notices to also make those notices available online for free. In other words, paid public notices cannot be put behind a publication’s paywall online, requiring a subscription to read the notice.

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