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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility requirements of a notary public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 406.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 406.004. ELIGIBILITY. (a) Each person appointed and |
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commissioned as a notary public shall be at least 18 years of age |
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and a resident of the State of Texas and must not have been |
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convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. |
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(b) If the secretary of state discovers, at any time, that |
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an applicant to be a notary public or a commissioned notary public |
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is not eligible to serve as a notary public, the secretary of state |
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shall: |
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(1) reject the notary application; or |
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(2) revoke the notary commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 406.009(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) In this section, "good cause" includes: |
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(1) [a final conviction for a crime involving moral
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turpitude;
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[(2)] a false statement knowingly made in an |
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application; |
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(2) [(3)] the failure to comply with Section 406.017; |
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(3) [(4)] a final conviction for a violation of a law |
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concerning the regulation of the conduct of notaries public in this |
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or another state; |
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(4) [(5)] the imposition on the notary public of an |
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administrative, criminal, or civil penalty for a violation of a law |
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or rule prescribing the duties of a notary public; or |
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(5) [(6)] performing any notarization when the person |
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for whom the notarization is performed did not personally appear |
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before the notary at the time the notarization is executed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |