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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3513 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that an applicant to renew an appointment as a notary public or as an electronic notary public is not required to complete a course of study or pass an examination if the applicant is a licensed attorney or judge or employed by a licensed attorney or the court. |
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| | SB3513 | | LRB103 39291 MXP 69445 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 2-101.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 312/2-101.5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-101.5. Course of study and examination. |
| 8 | | (a) Except as required in subsection (c), applicants |
| 9 | | Applicants applying for the first time as a notary public or as |
| 10 | | an electronic notary public or applying to renew his or her |
| 11 | | appointment as a notary public or as an electronic notary |
| 12 | | public shall: |
| 13 | | (1) complete any course of study on notarization and |
| 14 | | electronic notarization that is required by the Secretary |
| 15 | | of State; and |
| 16 | | (2) pass an examination at the completion of the |
| 17 | | course. |
| 18 | | (b) The Secretary of State shall have the authority to |
| 19 | | adopt administrative rules mandating a course of study and |
| 20 | | examination and establishing the course of study content, |
| 21 | | length of the course of study to be required, and to approve |
| 22 | | any course of study providers. |
| 23 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |