SECTION 1. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 13 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, wherever the town of Arlington, Arlington public schools and their subdivisions, committees, boards, commissions or officers are required by statute, ordinance, by-law or judicial order to publish a legal notice in a newspaper or newspaper of general circulation, the person, corporation, agency, authority, municipality or other legal entity may satisfy such requirement by one or more of the following means, as authorized by local vote in section 2 of this act:

(a) a newspaper of local or general circulation's print publication;

(b) a newspaper's website;

(c) websites reporting local news and opinion that satisfy all criteria for digital publication, set forth in said subsection (b) of said section 13 of said chapter 4;

(d) a statewide website that may be maintained as a repository for such notices; or

(e) a town wide website that may be maintained as a repository for such notices.

SECTION 2. (a) For all legal notices issued by the town of Arlington boards, committees, commissions and officials including, but not limited to: the Arlington zoning board of appeals, the Arlington redevelopment board, the conservation commission, the Arlington historic district commissions, the town manager, town treasurer, town clerk, police chief, fire chief and building commissioner, the town of Arlington select board shall, by majority vote, determine at least 2 of the means of legal notice publication set forth in section 1 of this act to satisfy publication requirements.

(b) For all legal notices issued by Arlington public school boards, committees, commissions and officials, the school committee shall, by majority vote, determine at least 2 of the means of legal notice publication set forth in section 1 of this act.

(c) The town of Arlington select board and school committee may revisit their means of publication votes at their discretion and elect different means of publication from the options afforded under section 1 of this act by majority vote.

SECTION 3. Nothing set forth in this act shall be construed to alter or amend the time or timing of publication of legal notices set forth in the General Laws.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.