STAND. COM. REP. NO.  888

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 793

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 793 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the regulation of notaries public by:

 

(1)  Specifying that a notary public is required to include the notary public's commission number on the notary public's seal or stamp; and

 

(2)  Authorizing the Attorney General to:

 

(A)  Adjust the fees to become a notary public and to renew a notary public commission; and

 

(B)  Establish and adjust other fees related to the regulation of notaries public,

 

by the adoption of administrative rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Law.


 

     The Department of the Attorney General supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an unspecified amount applicable to the adjustment of other fees related to the regulation of notaries public;

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate continued discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 793, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 793, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair