Bill Text: HI SB891 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Notaries Public
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-23 - Act 029, 4/22/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). [SB891 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB891-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 513
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 891
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 891 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the regulation of notaries by:
(1) Requiring a notary public to include the notary public's commission number on the notary public's stamp or seal; and
(2) Authorizing the Attorney General, by rulemaking, to adjust fees for the issuance and renewal of the original commission and to establish and adjust other fees.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.
Your Committee finds that inclusion of the notary public's commission number on the notary public's stamp or seal will serve numerous purposes, including the deterrence of fraudulent use of notary stamps or seals, ascertaining the identity of the notary public, tracking the notary public, and assisting in locating the record books of the notary public. In addition, establishing and adjusting fees through rulemaking will allow the Attorney General to adequately fund the notary public program without having to seek a statutory amendment.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 891 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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