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SENATE BILL NO. 381
BY SENATOR MARTINY
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 35:415, relative to ex officio notaries; to provide for the appointment of ex
3 officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department; to provide for the exercise of
4 authority; to provide for the authority of the chief of police of the department to
5 suspend or terminate the appointment; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 35:415 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง415. Ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department
10 A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications
11 for and limitations on the number of notaries public, the chief of police of the
12 Causeway Police Department, which employs peace officers who are certified
13 pursuant to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Law and are duly
14 authorized with the powers of arrest, may designate ten officers in his office as
15 ex officio notaries public.
16 B. Each officer appointed as an ex officio notary public may exercise,
17 within the jurisdictional limits of the Causeway Police Department, the
18 functions of a notary public only to administer oaths and to execute affidavits,
19 acknowledgments, and traffic tickets, all limited to matters within the official
20 functions of the department.
21 C. Any acts performed by an ex officio notary public appointed pursuant
22 to this Section shall be performed only in the parishes in which the Causeway
23 Police Department has jurisdiction.
24 D. All acts performed by an ex officio notary public appointed pursuant
25 to this Section shall be performed without charge or other compensation.
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1 E. The chief of police of the Causeway Police Department may suspend
2 or terminate an appointment made pursuant to this Section at any time and
3 separation from the employ of the department shall automatically terminate the
4 former employee's appointment as an ex officio notary public.
5 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
6 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
7 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
8 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
9 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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