By Thompson H.B. No. 242 75R1505 DLF-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the signature of a notary public on behalf of an 1-3 individual with a disability. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 406.0165 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 406.0165. SIGNING DOCUMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL WITH 1-8 DISABILITY. (a) A notary may sign the name of an individual who 1-9 is physically unable to sign or make a mark on a document presented 1-10 for notarization if directed to do so by that individual. 1-11 (b) A notary who signs a document under this section shall 1-12 write, beneath the signature, the following or a substantially 1-13 similar sentence: 1-14 "Signature affixed by notary under Section 406.0165, 1-15 Government Code." 1-16 (c) A signature made under this section is effective as the 1-17 signature of the individual on whose behalf the signature was made 1-18 for any purpose. A subsequent bona fide purchaser for value may 1-19 rely on the signature of the notary as evidence of the individual's 1-20 consent to execution of the document. 1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted. 3-1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 3-2 Amend H.B. No. 242 as follows: 3-3 (1) On page 1, line 10, between "individual" and "." by 3-4 inserting ", in the presence of a witness who has no legal or 3-5 equitable interest in any real or personal property which is the 3-6 subject of, or is affected by, the document being signed. The 3-7 notary shall require identification of the witness in the same 3-8 manner as from an acknowledging person under Section 121.005"; and 3-9 (2) On page 1, line 14, between "notary" and "under" by 3-10 inserting "in the presence of (name of witness), a disinterested 3-11 witness,". 3-12 Clark