Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 6-S.F.No. 215 
           An act relating to notaries public; increasing the 
          period of time during which reappointments may be 
          made; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 359.02.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 359.02, is 
amended to read:  
    359.02 [TERM, BOND, OATH, REAPPOINTMENT.] 
    Every notary so commissioned shall hold office for six 
years, unless sooner removed by the governor or the district 
court; and, before entering upon the duties of office, shall 
give a bond to the state in the sum of $10,000, to be approved 
by the governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the 
duties of office, which, with the oath of office, shall be filed 
with the secretary of state.  Within ten 30 days before the 
expiration of the commission a notary may be reappointed for a 
new term to commence and to be designated in the new commission 
as beginning upon the day immediately following such 
expiration.  The reappointment so made shall go into effect and 
be valid although the appointing governor may not be in the 
office of governor on said day. 
    Presented to the governor March 7, 1989 
    Signed by the governor March 8, 1989, 1:37 p.m.