Bill Text: NY S01600 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases the fees certain notary publics are entitled to receive.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S01600 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01600-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1600--A                                            A. 1583--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 10, 2011
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Finance
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and  referred
         to  the  Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged,
         bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
         committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the fees
         certain notaries public shall be entitled to
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 136 of the executive law,
    2  as amended by chapter 143 of the laws of 1991, are amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  For  administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same
    5  when required, except where another fee is  specifically  prescribed  by
    6  statute,  two  dollars;  PROVIDED THAT, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN
    7  EXCESS OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE, THE  FEE  FOR  ADMINISTERING  AN  OATH  OR
    8  AFFIRMATION, AND CERTIFYING THE SAME WHEN REQUIRED, EXCEPT WHERE ANOTHER
    9  FEE IS SPECIFICALLY PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE, FIVE DOLLARS.
   10    2.  For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution
   11  of a written instrument, by one person, two dollars, and by  each  addi-
   12  tional  person,  two  dollars,  for  swearing  each witness thereto, two
   13  dollars; PROVIDED THAT, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS  OF  ONE
   14  MILLION  PEOPLE, THE FEE FOR TAKING AND CERTIFYING THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR
   15  PROOF OF EXECUTION OF A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, BY ONE PERSON, FIVE DOLLARS,
   16  AND BY EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON, FIVE DOLLARS, FOR SWEARING  EACH  WITNESS
   17  THERETO, FIVE DOLLARS.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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