Canton Aargau wants to abolish the Official Gazette
From 2012, the Official Gazette of the Canton of Aargau will no longer be published once a week in printed form. The proposal of the cantonal government is to publish the official gazette in electronic form only on the Internet.
The canton wants to save money by discontinuing the printed edition. In addition, the gazette with official publications from the canton, the municipalities and the judicial authorities should be up-to-date, customer-friendly and accessible free of charge, as the cantonal government announced on Friday. The contents of the official gazette have already been available on the Internet for eight years. According to the government council, an average of 7,000 to 8,000 hits per month are registered. Since the beginning of the year, the issues have been published on the Internet as PDF files.
The current certified circulation is 3,495 copies, of which 451 copies are sent free of charge to councillors, judicial authorities and the cantonal administration. Among other things, the municipalities are obliged to subscribe to the newspaper. For more than 100 years, innkeepers also had to subscribe to the official gazette for their restaurants. In 1994, however, the people approved an amendment to the Publication Act. Since then, landlords no longer have to publish the official gazette.
The parties have until the beginning of July to comment on the Government Council's proposal to publish the Official Gazette and the systematic compilation of Aargau law in electronic form only.
The current certified circulation is 3,495 copies, of which 451 copies are sent free of charge to councillors, judicial authorities and the cantonal administration. Among other things, the municipalities are obliged to subscribe to the newspaper. For more than 100 years, innkeepers also had to subscribe to the official gazette for their restaurants. In 1994, however, the people approved an amendment to the Publication Act. Since then, landlords no longer have to publish the official gazette.
The parties have until the beginning of July to comment on the Government Council's proposal to publish the Official Gazette and the systematic compilation of Aargau law in electronic form only.
