Bill Text: IA HF2164 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business. (Formerly HSB 547.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 772. [HF2164 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2164-Enrolled.html
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2164
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
INSURANCE
COMPANIES
ACTING
AS
SURETY
FOR
BAIL
BONDS,
INCLUDING
LICENSURE
REQUIREMENTS
TO
ACT
AS
A
BAIL
ENFORCEMENT
AGENT
OR
BUSINESS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
80A.2,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
A
person
employed
full
or
part-time
by
one
employer
in
connection
with
the
affairs
of
the
employer
,
except
for
a
person
employed
by
a
surety
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
811
who
is
acting
as
a
bail
enforcement
agent
.
Sec.
2.
Section
811.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
a.
Insurance
companies
doing
business
in
this
state
under
the
provisions
of
section
515.48,
subsection
2
,
may
act
as
surety.
Resident
owners
of
property
which
that
is
located
within
the
state
and
which
that
is
worth
the
amount
specified
in
the
undertaking
,
may
act
as
surety
,
and
must
in
all
cases
justify
by
an
affidavit
taken
before
an
officer
authorized
to
administer
oaths
that
such
surety
possesses
such
qualifications.
b.
A
company
acting
as
surety
shall
not
engage
in
conduct
or
activities
substantially
similar
to
those
of
a
bail
enforcement
agent
or
bail
enforcement
business,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
80A.1,
without
receiving
a
license
from
the
department
of
public
safety
as
specified
in
chapter
80A.
House
File
2164,
p.
2
Sec.
3.
Section
811.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
At
any
time
before
the
forfeiture
of
the
undertaking,
the
surety
may
surrender
the
defendant,
or
the
defendant
may
surrender,
to
the
officer
to
whose
custody
the
defendant
was
committed
at
the
time
of
giving
bail,
and
such
officer
shall
detain
the
defendant
as
upon
a
commitment
and
must,
upon
such
surrender
and
the
receipt
of
a
certified
copy
of
the
undertaking
of
bail,
acknowledge
the
surrender
by
a
certificate
in
writing.
A
company
acting
as
surety
shall
not
engage
in
conduct
or
activities
substantially
similar
to
those
of
a
bail
enforcement
agent
or
bail
enforcement
business,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
80A.1,
without
receiving
a
license
from
the
department
of
public
safety
as
specified
in
chapter
80A.
Sec.
4.
Section
811.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
Sec.
5.
Section
811.12,
subsection
2,
paragraph
d,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2164,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
