1-1 By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Henderson) H.B. No. 38
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 2, 1993;
1-3 March 3, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 18, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to fees charged for notary public services.
1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19 SECTION 1. Section 406.024(a), Government Code, is amended
1-20 to read as follows:
1-21 (a) A notary public or employer of such notary public may
1-22 charge the following fees:
1-23 (1) for protesting a bill or note for nonacceptance or
1-24 nonpayment, register and seal, a fee of $5 <$3>;
1-25 (2) for each notice of protest, a fee of $1 <50
1-26 cents>;
1-27 (3) for protesting in all other cases, a fee of $5 <50
1-28 cents for each 100 words>;
1-29 (4) for certificate and seal to a protest, a fee of $5
1-30 <$3>;
1-31 (5) for taking the acknowledgment or proof of a deed
1-32 or other instrument in writing, for registration, including
1-33 certificate and seal, a fee of $10 <$5> for the first signature and
1-34 $1 for each additional signature;
1-35 (6) for administering an oath or affirmation with
1-36 certificate and seal, a fee of $7 <$5>;
1-37 (7) for a certificate under seal not otherwise
1-38 provided for, a fee of $10 <$5>;
1-39 (8) for a copy of a record or paper in the notary
1-40 public's office, a fee of 50 cents for each page;
1-41 (9) for taking the deposition of a witness, 50 cents
1-42 for each 100 words;
1-43 (10) for swearing a witness to a deposition,
1-44 certificate, seal, and other business connected with taking the
1-45 deposition, a fee of $7 <$5>; and
1-46 (11) for a notarial act not provided for, a fee of $10
1-47 <$5>.
1-48 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-49 (b) This Act applies only to a fee charged for a notary
1-50 service rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee
1-51 charged for a notary service rendered before the effective date of
1-52 this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the service
1-53 was rendered, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-54 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-55 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-56 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-57 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-58 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-60 Austin,
1-61 Texas
1-62 May 18, 1993
1-63 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-64 President of the Senate
1-65 Sir:
1-66 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
1-67 No. 38, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-68 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-1 pass and be printed.
2-2 Henderson,
2-3 Chairman
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2-5 WITNESSES
2-6 FOR AGAINST ON
2-7 ___________________________________________________________________
2-8 Name: Randy M. Lee x
2-9 Representing: Stewart Title Guaranty
2-10 City: Austin
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2-12 Name: W. A. Doc Rushmann
2-13 Representing: TX Notary Public Assn.
2-14 City: Austin
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