Assembly Bill A6888

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Exempts certain public employees and court clerks from provisions of law requiring the payment of an application fee for appointment as a notary public

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4181
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4098, S2462
2011-2012: A3983, S2753
2015-2016: A1891, S1592
2017-2018: S4339

2013-A6888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain public employees who in the course of their duties and responsibilities provide notary service to the public without receiving remuneration and court clerks of the unified court system from provisions of law requiring the payment of an application fee for appointment as a notary public.

2013-A6888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6888

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to exempting certain
  public employees and court clerks of the  unified  court  system  from
  provisions  of  law  requiring  the  payment of an application fee for
  appointment as a notary public

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  131 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 171 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  The  secretary of state shall receive a non-refundable application
fee of sixty dollars from applicants for appointment, which fee shall be
submitted together with the application. No further fee  shall  be  paid
for  the  issuance  of  the  commission. THIS FEE SHALL NOT APPLY TO (I)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES AND  RESPON-
SIBILITIES  PROVIDE NOTARY PUBLIC SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT RECEIV-
ING REMUNERATION AS A RESULT THEREOF, OR (II)  ANY  EMPLOYEE  WHO  IS  A
COURT  CLERK  OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO SUCH
POSITION AFTER TAKING A CIVIL SERVICE  PROMOTIONAL  EXAMINATION  IN  THE
COURT CLERK SERIES OF TITLES.
  S  2. Subdivision 9 of section 131 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 171 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  9. The county clerk shall receive a non-refundable application fee  of
sixty  dollars from each applicant for reappointment, which fee shall be
submitted together with the application. No further fee  shall  be  paid
for  the  issuance  of  the  commission. THIS FEE SHALL NOT APPLY TO (I)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES AND  RESPON-
SIBILITIES  PROVIDE NOTARY PUBLIC SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT RECEIV-
ING REMUNERATION AS A RESULT THEREOF, OR (II)  ANY  EMPLOYEE  WHO  IS  A
COURT  CLERK  OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO SUCH
POSITION AFTER TAKING A CIVIL SERVICE  PROMOTIONAL  EXAMINATION  IN  THE
COURT CLERK SERIES OF TITLES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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