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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S1399
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S1399 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S1399 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1399 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to increase the fee that can be charged by a notary public for the performance of a service. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 136 of the executive law as amended by Chapter 143 of tile laws of 1991. JUSTIFICATION: Public notaries are licensed professionals who are registered with the Department of State (DOS). Notaries not only provide an important service by affirming, acknowledging and certifying legal documents, they can also be subpoenaed to provide evidence in court proceedings validating the signatory of those documents in question regardless of the number of Years prior the notarization took place. In 1991, tile state gave authorization to allow notaries to charge $2.00 for a notarization. That same year, DOS charged $20.00 to renew a license plus an additional $10.00 to the county where the notary was qualified. Today, DOS charges $60.00 to renew a license and, in some counties, the additional county fee could be has high as $30.00. However, notaries have not been given that same authorization to
2013-S1399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1399 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 136 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 143 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same when required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by statute, two dollars; PROVIDED THAT, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE, THE FEE FOR ADMINISTERING AN OATH OR AFFIRMATION, AND CERTIFYING THE SAME WHEN REQUIRED, EXCEPT WHERE ANOTHER FEE IS SPECIFICALLY PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE, FIVE DOLLARS. 2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution of a written instrument, by one person, two dollars, and by each addi- tional person, two dollars, for swearing each witness thereto, two dollars; PROVIDED THAT, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE, THE FEE FOR TAKING AND CERTIFYING THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR PROOF OF EXECUTION OF A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, BY ONE PERSON, FIVE DOLLARS, AND BY EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON, FIVE DOLLARS, FOR SWEARING EACH WITNESS THERETO, FIVE DOLLARS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02033-01-3
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