Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 228
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 320 - 341
    4  and insert:
    5         (2) By January 1, 2020, The Department of State shall:
    6         (a) Adopt forms, processes, and interim or emergency rules
    7  necessary to accept applications from and register online
    8  notaries public pursuant to s. 117.225.
    9         (b) Publish on its website a list containing each online
   10  notary public, the online notary public’s past and present RON
   11  service providers, and the effective dates during which the
   12  online notary public used each RON service provider, as
   13  identified pursuant to ss. 117.225(5) and 117.265(5)(b).
   14         (4)(a) A RON service provider must file a self
   15  certification with the Department of State on a form adopted by
   16  department rule confirming that its audio-video communication
   17  technology and related processes, services, software, data
   18  storage, or other services provided to online notaries public
   19  for the purpose of directly facilitating their performance of
   20  online notarizations satisfy the requirements of this chapter
   21  and any rules adopted by the Department of State pursuant to
   22  this section. Each certification shall remain active for a
   23  period of 1 year from the date of filing. The Department of