HB347 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chris EnglandRepresentative
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Professional Surety Companies and Professional Bail Companies, authority to act as revoked upon commission of specified acts, professional bail companies required to notify presiding judge of arrest of certain persons affiliated with the company, Sec. 15-13-163 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, authority to act as a professional surety company or a professional bail company may be revoked or withheld by a court for violations of the laws governing professional bail companies.
This bill would authorize the revocation of authority to act as a professional surety company or a professional bail company if specified acts are committed.
This bill would require a professional bail company to notify the presiding judge and the district attorney’s office in the counties where the professional bail company is certified, in writing, if any person, including an employee, agent, or other person with a financial interest in the professional bail company is arrested for a felony or certain other criminal offenses.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary