The Committee on Family and Veterans' Services proposed the following amendment (631R001.KMM.KS):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, on page 11, by striking lines 4 through 8 and inserting:

/ (2) If the Secretary of State terminates an electronic notary public's registration, then the Secretary of State shall send written notice by certified mail to the electronic notary public at his last known address. A person who has had his electronic notary public registration terminated has thirty days from the receipt of the notice to appeal the termination by filing a request for a contested case hearing with the South Carolina Administrative Law Court. /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, on page 12, line 29, by adding:

/SECTION _. Section 26-1-160 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:

"( ) The Secretary of State may terminate a notary public's commission upon notification that the notary public has been charged with an offense listed in this section or may terminate the notary public's commission at any subsequent point until the final adjudication of the charges. If the Secretary of State terminates a notary public's commission, then the Secretary of State shall send written notice by certified mail to the notary public at his last known address. A person who has had his notary public commission terminated has thirty days from the receipt of the notice to appeal the termination by filing a request for a contested case hearing with the South Carolina Administrative Law Court."

SECTION_. This act does not apply to wills and trusts in South Carolina. /