Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 99
8	6		February Session, 2022
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12	10		Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY REMOTE
21	20		NOTARIAL ACTS AND THE REVISED UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL
22	21		ACTS.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The chairpersons of the joint 1
27	26		standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 2
28	27		matters relating to commerce shall convene a working group to examine 3
29	28		and make recommendations regarding whether to adopt the Revised 4
30	29		Uniform Law on Notarial Acts and whether remote notarial acts should 5
31	30		be permitted in connection with real estate and trusts and estates 6
32	31		transactions. 7
33	32		(b) Appointments to the working group shall include, but need not 8
34	33		be limited to, the Secretary of the State, or the Secretary's designee, a 9
35	34		representative from the General Assembly who is an attorney having 10
36	35		experience in real estate transactions, representatives from the joint 11
37	36		standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 12
38	37		matters relating to commerce, government administration and the 13
39	38		judiciary, the Judicial Branch, the office of the Secretary of the State, the 14 Raised Bill No. 99
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46	44		Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Town Clerks Association, the 15
47	45		Uniform Law Commission, state or regional bar associations, notary 16
48	46		associations and the title insurance industry and the mortgage industry. 17
49	47		All appointments to the working group shall be made not later than 18
50	48		thirty days after the effective date of this section. 19
51	49		(c) The Secretary of the State, or the Secretary's designee, and the 20
52	50		representative from the General Assembly who is an attorney having 21
53	51		experience in real estate transactions shall be the chairpersons of the 22
54	52		working group. The chairpersons of the working group shall schedule 23
55	53		the first meeting of the working group, which shall be held not later than 24
56	54		sixty days after the effective date of this section. The working group 25
57	55		shall meet at least monthly thereafter, until it submits its report 26
58	56		pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. 27
59	57		(d) Not later than January 1, 2023, the working group shall submit a 28
60	58		report on its findings and recommendations pursuant to subsection (a) 29
61	59		of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 30
62	60		having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, government 31
63	61		administration and the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of 32
64	62		section 11-4a of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate 33
65	63		on the date that it submits such report or on January 1, 2023, whichever 34
66	64		is later. 35
67	65		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
68	66		sections:
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70	68		Section 1 from passage New section
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	70	+	Statement of Purpose:
	71	+	To establish a working group to examine and make recommendations
	72	+	regarding whether to adopt the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
	73	+	and whether remote notarial acts should be permitted in connection
	74	+	with real estate and trusts and estates transactions.
	75	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	76	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	77	+	underlined.]