Bill Text: CT SB00440 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 440 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Permitting Notaries To Charge An Additional Fee For Travel Expenses.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Public Hearing 03/17 [SB00440 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00440-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 440*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 2305
		02305_______GAE
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT PERMITTING NOTARIES TO CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 3-95 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):

The fee for any act performed by a notary public in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes shall not exceed five dollars plus an additional [thirty-five cents] fee for each mile of travel. The additional fee for travel expenses shall be thirty-five cents a mile or may be at a higher rate agreed to by the client of such notary prior to the commencement of travel.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2014	3-95

Statement of Purpose:

To allow notaries public to charge a market-determined fee for traveling expenses.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]