(a) This section applies only to a political subdivision other than a county or a conservation and reclamation district under § 2051.047.
(b) A notice of a political subdivision shall be published in a newspaper that is published in the political subdivision and that will publish the notice at or below the legal rate.

(c) If no newspaper published in the political subdivision will publish the notice at or below the legal rate, the political subdivision shall publish the notice in a newspaper that:
(1) is published in the county in which the political subdivision is located; and
(2) will charge the legal rate or a lower rate.
(d) If no newspaper published in the county in which the political subdivision is located will publish the notice at or below the legal rate, the political subdivision shall post the notice at the door of the county courthouse of the county in which the political subdivision is located.