News outlets: state expenditures on ethnic and community media outlets.
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Fiscal committee
No
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill aims to increase state government spending on ethnic and community media outlets. It extends existing requirements for state agencies to allocate funds to these outlets, requiring them to maintain a database of eligible outlets and prioritize their use in advertising campaigns. The bill also mandates that at least 40% of advertising spending be directed to these outlets and requires vendors providing marketing services to prioritize them. Furthermore, it extends an existing exemption for newspaper distributors working under contract with newspapers.
Key provisions
- Extends the requirement for state agencies to allocate funds to ethnic and community media outlets indefinitely.
- Requires the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications to establish and maintain a database of these outlets.
- Mandates that at least 40% of state advertising spending be directed to ethnic and community media outlets.
- Requires vendors providing marketing services to prioritize outlets in the database.
- Extends an existing exemption for newspaper distributors working under contract with newspapers.
- Requires state agencies to obtain price quotations from ethnic and community media outlets when awarding contracts for advertising services.
- Requires state agencies to report on advertising expenditures, disaggregated by ethnic and community media outlets.
- Establishes a review process for adjusting the maximum contract value for advertising services.
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