PRINTER'S NO. 2077

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1673 Session of 1971


        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 1971

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1323), entitled "An act
     2     concerning notaries public; and amending, revising,
     3     consolidating and changing the law relating thereto,"
     4     reducing certain age requirements.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 3, act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1323),
     8  known as "The Notary Public Law," is amended to read:
     9     Section 3.  Eligibility.--Any citizen of Pennsylvania, being
    10  [twenty-one (21)] eighteen (18) years of age or over, of known
    11  character, integrity and ability, shall be eligible to the
    12  office of notary public, if he shall have resided within this
    13  Commonwealth for at least two (2) years immediately preceding
    14  the date of his appointment, and if he shall be a registered
    15  elector in the Commonwealth.



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