STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1600--A A. 1583--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
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 § 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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