HB494: Notary public; civil immunity for local government officers, employees, and volunteers.


HOUSE BILL NO. 494
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
on January 29, 2010)
(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates Lingamfelter and Miller, J.H. [HB 694])
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1, relating to civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1 as follows:

? 15.2-1521.1. Civil immunity for officers, employees, and volunteers of local government; notarial acts.

Any officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public, as defined in ? 47.1-2, and is required to perform notarial acts for actions of the locality, without compensation, as a condition of his service with a local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions on his part resulting from the performance of such notarial acts provided that such acts do not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

HOUSE BILL NO. 494
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 12, 2010
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1, relating to civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts.
Patrons-- Lingamfelter and Anderson

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1 as follows:

§ 15.2-1521.1. Civil immunity for officers, employees, and volunteers of local government; notarial acts.

Any officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public, as defined in § 47.1-2, and is required to perform notarial acts, without compensation, as a condition of his service with a local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions on his part resulting from the performance of such notarial acts in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.