HLS 15RS-803 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 120
BY REPRESENTATIVE SHADOIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
NOTARIES: Provides relative to provisional notaries
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 35:191(W)(9), relative to notaries public; to repeal the termination date
3 relative to provisional notary commissions.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 35:191(W)(9) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 120 Original 2015 Regular Session Shadoin
Abstract: Repeals the sunset provision which terminates the commissions of provisional
notaries existing on Aug. 1, 2016.
Present law provides that any person who resides in a parish with a population of less than
40,000, and who has passed the uniform statewide examination, except for any performance
assessment component, during examinations administered between Dec. 1, 2009, and Aug.
1, 2016, may be provisionally appointed to the office of notary public in and for that parish
upon fulfillment of all requirements provided by law and upon meeting all other
qualifications necessary to be appointed to the office of notary public in this state.
Present law provides that present law shall expire on Aug. 1, 2016, and any commission
granted pursuant to present law shall also expire on that date, except if the notary has,
subsequent to issuance of a commission, passed all components of the examination provided
by R.S. 35:191.1 on or before Aug. 1, 2016.
Proposed law repeals the Aug. 1, 2016, sunset provision.
(Repeals R.S. 35:191(W)(9))
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