07 LC 21
9425S
The
Senate Judiciary Committee offered the following substitute to SB
50:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45-17-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to qualifications for notaries, so as to provide that a notary shall be a legal
resident of the United States; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45-17-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
qualifications for notaries, is amended by revising subsection (a) as
follows:
"(a)
Any individual applying for appointment to be a notary public must
be:
(1)
At least 18 years old;
(2)
A legal
resident of the United States;
(3)
A resident of this state;
(3)(4)
A resident of the county from which such individual is appointed;
and
(4)(5)
Able to read and write the English language."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.