Amendment AA1-AB267

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 267

November 10, 1999 - Offered by Committee on Information Policy.

AB267-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB267-AA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

AB267-AA1,1,3 " Section 1e. 137.01 (6e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB267-AA1,1,10 137.01 (6e) Electronic signatures. The secretary of state and department of administration shall jointly promulgate rules establishing requirements that a notary public must satisfy in order to use an electronic signature, as defined in s. 137.04 (2), for any attestation. The joint rules shall be numbered as rules of each agency in the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The electronic signature of a notary public is not valid for official acts unless the signature is used in compliance with those requirements.".

AB267-AA1,1,11 2. Page 2, line 1: delete " Section 1" and substitute "Section 1m".

AB267-AA1,2,3 3. Page 3, line 3: after "units." insert "With respect to use of electronic signatures by notaries public, the rules shall be consistent with rules promulgated under s. 137.01 (6e).".

AB267-AA1,2,5 4. Page 3, line 17: after "(1)" insert "Use of electronic signatures by governmental units.".

AB267-AA1,2,6 5. Page 4, line 2: after that line insert:

AB267-AA1,2,10 "(2) Use of electronic signatures by notaries public. The secretary of state and department of administration shall promulgate initial rules under section 137.01 (6e) of the statutes, as created by this act, to become effective no later than January 1, 2002.".

AB267-AA1,2,11 (End)