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HOUSE BILL NO. 1343 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on February 14, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Ward) A BILL to amend and reenact § 47.1-20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notaries; fee agreements with employer.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 47.1-20 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 47.1-20. Fee agreements with employer.

A. Any employer, as a condition of employment of a person who is a notary, may require the employee to perform notarial acts in the course of or in connection with such employment without charging the fee allowed by law for the performance of such acts.

B. It shall not be lawful for any employer to require a notary in his employment to surrender to such employer a fee, if charged, or any part thereof, unless the notarial act for which the fee is charged is performed during the course of such employee's employment.