HLS 15RS-803 ENGROSSED
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 amend and reenact R.S. 35:191(W)(1)(b) and to repeal R.S. 35:191(W)(9), relative to
3 notaries public; to repeal the termination date relative to provisional notary
4 commissions; to delete the termination date within which a provisional notary
5 candidate may take the uniform exam; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 35:191(W)(1)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง191. Appointment; qualifications; examination
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10 W.(1)
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12 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other law to the
13 contrary, any person who resides in a parish with a population of less than forty
14 thousand and who passes the examination provided by R.S. 35:191.1, except for any
15 performance assessment component, during examinations administered after January
16 1, 2013, and before August 1, 2016, may be provisionally appointed to the office of
17 notary public in and for that parish upon fulfillment of all requirements of this
18 Subsection and upon meeting all other qualifications necessary to be appointed to the
19 office of notary public in this state.
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21 Section 2. R.S. 35:191(W)(9) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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HB NO. 120
DIGEST
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HB 120 Engrossed 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 deletes the Aug. 1, 2016, termination date within which to take the notary
examination and repeals the Aug. 1, 2016, sunset provision.
(Amends R.S. 35:191(W)(1)(b); Repeals R.S. 35:191(W)(9))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
1. Delete the Aug. 1, 2016, termination date within which to take the notary
examination.
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