To enact section 7.16 of the Revised Code to allow political subdivisions to make internet web site publications in lieu of newspaper of general circulation publication requirements if the political subdivision donates all funds that would otherwise be used to provide newspaper notices to a local food bank or food drive for charitable purposes.

Section 1. That section 7.16 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 7.16. (A) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that requires a political subdivision to publish a notice or advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation, a political subdivision may satisfy the publication requirement by posting the notice or advertisement on the political subdivision's internet web site. A notice or advertisement posted on a political subdivision's internet web site shall provide the same information as is otherwise required by the relevant statute and for the same amount of time as is required by that statute.

(B) A political subdivision that exercises the authority conferred by this section shall donate any funds that would otherwise have been used to comply with the statutory notice by newspaper publication requirements to a local food bank or food drive to be used solely for charitable purposes.

(C) This section does not apply to any documents required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation under Section 1g of Article II or Section 1 of Article XVI of the Ohio Constitution.