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2011 SESSION
HB 494 Notary public; civil immunity for local government officers, employees, and volunteers.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts. Provides that an officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public and is required to perform notarial acts for actions of the locality, without compensation, as a condition of his service with the local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the performance of such act provided that such acts do not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts. Provides that an officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public and is required to perform notarial acts, without compensation, as a condition of his service with the local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the performance of such acts in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.