A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize federal notaries to act in this State.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 10B‑5(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall commission as a notary any qualified person who submits an application in accordance with this Chapter. Notarial acts performed by a person with the general powers of a notary public pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1044a shall be treated as notarial acts by a person commissioned as a notary under this Chapter."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.