Bill Text: NY S04166 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to from two dollars to five dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04166-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4166

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        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. Section 136 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 143
     2  of the laws of 1991, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 104 of the laws
     3  of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the follow-
     5  ing fees:
     6    1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying  the  same
     7  when  required,  except  where another fee is specifically prescribed by
     8  statute, [two] five dollars.
     9    2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of  execution
    10  of  a written instrument, by one person, [two] five dollars, and by each
    11  additional person, [two] five dollars, for swearing each witness  there-
    12  to, [two] five dollars.
    13    3.  For  electronic  notarial  services,  established  in  section one
    14  hundred thirty-five-c of this chapter, a fee set through  regulation  by
    15  the secretary of state.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08499-01-3
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