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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 307
BY SENATOR CROWE
NOTARIES. Provides relative to hospital notaries.(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 35:403(A) and (B), relative to hospital notaries; to provide2
relative to appointment of ex officio notaries by hospital service district hospitals;3
to provide certain terms, conditions, and procedures; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 35:403(A) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows:8
ยง403. Ex officio notaries for hospital service district hospitals9
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications of10
notaries public, the director of a hospital service district hospital, created pursuant11
to the provisions of R.S. 46:1051 et seq., may appoint not more than two employees12
of the hospital as ex officio notaries public.13
B. Such ex officio notaries may exercise the functions of a notary public14
only to administer oaths, receive sworn statements, execute affidavits,15
acknowledgments, and other documents, and shall be limited to matters within the16
official business functions of the hospital.17 SB NO. 307
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The original instrument was prepared by Julie J. Baxter. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Crowe (SB 307)
Present law provides that notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications
of notaries public, the director of a hospital service district hospital, created pursuant to the
provisions of present law, may appoint not more than two employees of the hospital as ex
officio notaries public.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to
qualifications of notaries public, the director of a hospital service district hospital may
appoint not more than two employees of the hospital as ex officio notaries public.
Present law provides that such ex officio notaries may exercise the functions of a notary
public only to administer oaths, receive sworn statements, execute affidavits,
acknowledgments, and other documents, and shall be limited to matters within the official
functions of the hospital.
Proposed law provides that such ex officio notaries may exercise the functions of a notary
public only to administer oaths, receive sworn statements, execute affidavits,
acknowledgments, and other documents, and shall be limited to matters within the official
business functions of the hospital.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 35:403(A) and (B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Removes provision requiring hospital service districts be created pursuant to
present law when appointing ex officio notaries.