By Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 38
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees charged for notary public services.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 406.024(a), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (a) A notary public or employer of such notary public may
1-7 charge the following fees:
1-8 (1) for protesting a bill or note for nonacceptance or
1-9 nonpayment, register and seal, a fee of $5 <$3>;
1-10 (2) for each notice of protest, a fee of $1 <50
1-11 cents>;
1-12 (3) for protesting in all other cases, a fee of $5 <50
1-13 cents for each 100 words>;
1-14 (4) for certificate and seal to a protest, a fee of $5
1-15 <$3>;
1-16 (5) for taking the acknowledgment or proof of a deed
1-17 or other instrument in writing, for registration, including
1-18 certificate and seal, a fee of $10 <$5> for the first signature and
1-19 $1 for each additional signature;
1-20 (6) for administering an oath or affirmation with
1-21 certificate and seal, a fee of $7 <$5>;
1-22 (7) for a certificate under seal not otherwise
1-23 provided for, a fee of $10 <$5>;
1-24 (8) for a copy of a record or paper in the notary
2-1 public's office, a fee of 50 cents for each page;
2-2 (9) for taking the deposition of a witness, 50 cents
2-3 for each 100 words;
2-4 (10) for swearing a witness to a deposition,
2-5 certificate, seal, and other business connected with taking the
2-6 deposition, a fee of $7 <$5>; and
2-7 (11) for a notarial act not provided for, a fee of $10
2-8 <$5>.
2-9 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-10 (b) This Act applies only to a fee charged for a notary
2-11 service rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee
2-12 charged for a notary service rendered before the effective date of
2-13 this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the service
2-14 was rendered, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.