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SENATE BILL NO. 1387

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S1387......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
NOTARY PUBLIC - Amends existing law to provide requirements for the
official seal of a notary public whose current commission becomes effective
on or after July 1, 1998.

02/03    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27    3rd rdg - PASSED - 22-13-0
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Dunklin, Geddes, Ingram, Keough, King, Richardson,
      Riggs, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler
      NAYS--Darrington, Deide, Frasure, Hansen, Hawkins, Ipsen, Lee,
      McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Risch, Sweeney, Whitworth
      Absent and excused--None
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
03/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer,
      Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman,
      Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Hansen, McKague
    Floor Sponsor - Alltus
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/16    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19    Sp signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 146
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text

S1387


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1387

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC; AMENDING SECTION 51-106, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE
 3        REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF A NOTARY PUBLIC WHOSE CURRENT COM-
 4        MISSION BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1998, AND TO MAKE  TECHNICAL
 5        CORRECTIONS.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  51-106, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        51-106.  SEAL. (1) Each  notary  public    whose  current  commission
10    became effective prior to July 1, 1998,  shall provide and keep an offi-
11    cial seal which shall conform to one  (1)  of the following config-
12    urations:
13        (a)  A  seal  embosser  engraved  with  the  words  "Notary  Public "
14        , "  the notary public's name, and the  words  "State  of
15        Idaho."
16        (b)  A  rubber  stamp with a serrated or milled edge border in rectangular
17        or circular form, which contains the same  information  required  for  the
18        seal embosser.
19        (2)   Each notary public whose current commission became effective on
20    or  after July 1, 1998, shall provide and keep an official seal which shall be
21    a rubber stamp with a serrated or milled edge border in a rectangular or  cir-
22    cular  form,  which  includes  the  words "Notary Public," the notary public's
23    name, the words "State of Idaho," and nothing more.
24        (3)   The seal shall be impressed below or near the notary  public's
25    official signature on each notary certificate which he administers.

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                                                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                                              RS07536
    
     This bill amends the Idaho Notary Public Act to require the use by notaries of a rubber
     stamp seal. rather than giving a choice between an embosser and a rubber stamp. The
     reason is that the increasing use of fax and digital scanning technologies has made the use
     of embosser seals problematic, in that they are not visible on faxed or scanned images.
     For example. the secretary of state must keep a copy of the impression of each notary's
     seal. which is stored in a digital imaging system. The only way in which to make an
    
     embossed seal impression visible is to brush a pencil over it before scanning, and even
     then the quality is marginal. The same problem occurs in business contexts.
    
     No fiscal impact.
    
                     CONTACTS
            Names and phones:
          Ben Ysursa. 332-2813
     Bill Farnsworth, 332-2846
     Office of the Secretary of  State
     Statement Purpose/Fiscal Impact
    
    FISCAL IMPACT
    
    S1387