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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1592 A. 1891
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
IN ASSEMBLY -- 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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 131 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. The secretary of state shall receive a non-refundable application
5 fee of sixty dollars from applicants for appointment, which fee shall be
6 submitted together with the application. No further fee shall be paid
7 for the issuance of the commission. This fee shall not apply to (i)
8 public employees who in the course of their official duties and respon-
9 sibilities provide notary public services to the public without receiv-
10 ing remuneration as a result thereof, or (ii) any employee who is a
11 court clerk of the unified court system who has been appointed to such
12 position after taking a civil service promotional examination in the
13 court clerk series of titles.
14 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 131 of the executive law, as amended by
15 chapter 171 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
16 9. The county clerk shall receive a non-refundable application fee of
17 sixty dollars from each applicant for reappointment, which fee shall be
18 submitted together with the application. No further fee shall be paid
19 for the issuance of the commission. This fee shall not apply to (i)
20 public employees who in the course of their official duties and respon-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 1592 2 A. 1891
1 sibilities provide notary public services to the public without receiv-
2 ing remuneration as a result thereof, or (ii) any employee who is a
3 court clerk of the unified court system who has been appointed to such
4 position after taking a civil service promotional examination in the
5 court clerk series of titles.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
