HB55 Alabama 2011 Session

Under existing law, there are distinctions between notaries public commissioned to serve a specific county and notaries public commissioned to serve the state at large

This bill would eliminate the distinction between county and at-large notaries public while preserving the functions, powers, and commissions of existing notaries public

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to notaries public; to add Article 4, commencing with Section 36-20-70, to Chapter 20, Title 36, Code of Alabama 1975, to eliminate the distinction between county and at-large notaries public; to preserve the functions, powers, and commissions of existing notaries public; to repeal Article 1, commencing with Section 36-20-1, Chapter 20, Title 36, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the employment of notaries public by counties, and Article 2, commencing with Section 36-20-30, Chapter 20, Title 36, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the employment of notaries public for the state at large; and in connection therewith to have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.