What's the Difference Between RULONA and Regulations?
As a Pennsylvania notary public, you must follow both the law and regulations in the performance of your official duties.
The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) is a law (or statute) passed by the Pennsylvnaia General Assembly. The House of Representatives introduced a bill - House Bill 25 of 2013 - that, when passed by both the House and Senate and signed by the governor, became Act 73 of 2013. Act 73 repealed the Notary Public Law of 1953, last amended in 2002 and replaced it with RULONA.
Regulations are standards and rules adopted by administrativee agencies that govern how laws will be enforced. The Department of State, the agency which oversees notaries public, will have its own proposed regulations for enforcing RULONA. The Department's proposed regulations have the same force as laws and are published so everyone knows that is and isn't legal.
You should be familiar with RULONA and the Department's proposed regulations in order to understand the intent of the law and how it is implemented.
When then-Gov. Tom Corbett signed Act73 into law on Oct. 9, 2013, the Act authorized the Department immediately to approve education course,s make regulations and set fees. But the bulk of RULONA would not take effect until 180 days after the Department published a required notice in the Pennsylvnaia Bulletin.
The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It does not contain statutes enacted by the General Assembly but does include documents (for example, agency regulations) required to be published by a statute. The Bulletin, along with the Pennsylvania Code, contains the existing body of official documents having the force of law.
The Department published the required notice in the Bulletin on april 29, setting the effective date for RULONA as October 26, 2017.
The Department's proposed regulations will be published in the Bulletin for a public comment period before the regulations are final.
The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) is a law (or statute) passed by the Pennsylvnaia General Assembly. The House of Representatives introduced a bill - House Bill 25 of 2013 - that, when passed by both the House and Senate and signed by the governor, became Act 73 of 2013. Act 73 repealed the Notary Public Law of 1953, last amended in 2002 and replaced it with RULONA.
Regulations are standards and rules adopted by administrativee agencies that govern how laws will be enforced. The Department of State, the agency which oversees notaries public, will have its own proposed regulations for enforcing RULONA. The Department's proposed regulations have the same force as laws and are published so everyone knows that is and isn't legal.
You should be familiar with RULONA and the Department's proposed regulations in order to understand the intent of the law and how it is implemented.
When then-Gov. Tom Corbett signed Act73 into law on Oct. 9, 2013, the Act authorized the Department immediately to approve education course,s make regulations and set fees. But the bulk of RULONA would not take effect until 180 days after the Department published a required notice in the Pennsylvnaia Bulletin.
The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It does not contain statutes enacted by the General Assembly but does include documents (for example, agency regulations) required to be published by a statute. The Bulletin, along with the Pennsylvania Code, contains the existing body of official documents having the force of law.
The Department published the required notice in the Bulletin on april 29, setting the effective date for RULONA as October 26, 2017.
The Department's proposed regulations will be published in the Bulletin for a public comment period before the regulations are final.
