AnalysisA bill like House Bill 6385 appears fairly inconsequential but statutory correction or construction amendments such as the one made in the definition of “notarial act” in Rhode Island’s Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts are necessary. At times, the meaning of a statute can turn on the slightest error or correction. Most times, stylistic and grammatical amendments are added to the statute so that they may ensure the legislative intent of the General Assembly is preserved. The particular amendments in House Bill 6385 add “ing” to verbs in the definition of “notarial act” which lacked them. Not groundbreaking by any stretch, but hopefully no one going forward will stumble over the grammar of the definition.
Read House Bill 6385.