SB350 Alabama 2015 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Jimmy HolleyRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2015
- Title
- Bail bondsmen and agents, licensure by Department of Insurance, certification exam and continuing education requirements
- Description
Under existing law, a bail bondsman must be approved as either a professional surety company or professional bail company and be approved by the presiding circuit judge of each county in which the bail bondsman desires to operate.
This bill would prohibit a person from acting in the capacity as a professional bail agent, soliciting bail agent, bail enforcement agent, or professional bondsman, unless that person is qualified and licensed by the Department of Insurance.
This bill would also require professional bondsmen and recovery agents to attend a 12-hour instructional course and pass an examination developed and administered by the Department of Insurance, and would also require professional bondsmen and recovery agents to complete eight hours of continuing education each year.
- Subjects
- Bail Bonds
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Governmental Affairs with 1 substitute
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature