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Connecticut House Bill HB07309 Compare Versions

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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7309
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7309
8	6		January Session, 2019
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKING GROUP ON ELE CTRONIC AND
15		-	REMOTE NOTARIES.
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING EL ECTRONIC AND REMOTE NOTARIES.
16	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	21		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The chairpersons of the joint 1
20		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 2
21		-	matters relating to commerce shall appoint and convene a working 3
22		-	group to examine and make recommendations regarding whether to 4
23		-	permit electronic and remote notarization in the state. 5
24		-	(b) Appointments to the working group shall include, but need not 6
25		-	be limited to, representatives from the joint standing committee of the 7
26		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, 8
27		-	state or regional bar associations, notary associations, the title 9
28		-	insurance industry and the mortgage industry. All appointments to the 10
29		-	working group shall be made not later than thirty days after the 11
30		-	effective date of this section. 12
31		-	(c) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 13
32		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce shall 14
33		-	select the chairperson of the working group. The chairperson of the 15
34		-	working group shall schedule the first meeting of the working group, 16
35		-	which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of 17
36		-	this section. The working group shall meet at least monthly thereafter, 18 Substitute Bill No. 7309
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43		-	until it submits its report pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. 19
44		-	(d) Not later than February 1, 2020, the working group shall submit 20
45		-	a report on its findings and recommendations pursuant to subsection 21
46		-	(a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General 22
47		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, in 23
48		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 24
49		-	The working group shall terminate on the date that it submits such 25
50		-	report or February 1, 2020, whichever is later. 26
	23	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the State 1
	24	+	shall develop a plan to allow notaries to perform electronic and remote 2
	25	+	notarial acts. Not later than February 1, 2020, the Secretary of the State 3
	26	+	shall submit recommendations for any requisite legislative proposals 4
	27	+	for the implementation of such plan to the joint standing committee of 5
	28	+	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 6
	29	+	commerce. 7
51	30		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
52	31		sections:
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54	33		Section 1 from passage New section
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56		-	CE Joint Favorable Subst.
	35	+	Statement of Purpose:
	36	+	To require the Secretary of the State to develop a plan to allow notaries
	37	+	to perform electronic and remote notarial acts. Raised Bill No. 7309
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	43	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	44	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	45	+	not underlined.]
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