Bill Text: TX SB1762 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the location of real property executed in trust for the issuance of a license as a bail bond surety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1762 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1762-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1762 |
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relating to the location of real property executed in trust for the | ||
issuance of a license as a bail bond surety. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1704.154(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The application must: | ||
(1) be in a form and contain the information | ||
prescribed by the board; | ||
(2) state: | ||
(A) the applicant's name, age, and address; | ||
(B) if the applicant is a corporation, whether | ||
the applicant is: | ||
(i) chartered or admitted to do business in | ||
this state; and | ||
(ii) qualified to write fidelity, guaranty, | ||
and surety bonds under the Insurance Code; | ||
(C) the name under which the bail bond business | ||
will be conducted, including a bail bond business that is conducted | ||
by an agent of a corporation; | ||
(D) each place, including the street address and | ||
municipality, at which the business will be conducted; and | ||
(E) the amount of cash or the cash value of a | ||
certificate of deposit or cashier's check that the applicant | ||
intends to deposit with the county treasurer if the applicant's | ||
application is approved or, if the applicant is an individual | ||
intending to execute nonexempt real property in trust to the board, | ||
the value of the real property; | ||
(3) if the applicant is an individual, be accompanied | ||
by a list, as required by Section 1704.155, of nonexempt real | ||
property located in this state that is owned by the applicant and | ||
that the applicant intends to execute in trust to the board if the | ||
applicant's application is approved; and | ||
(4) be accompanied by: | ||
(A) the applicant's complete, sworn financial | ||
statement; | ||
(B) the applicant's declaration that the | ||
applicant will comply with this chapter and the rules adopted by the | ||
board; | ||
(C) three letters of recommendation, each from a | ||
person who: | ||
(i) is reputable; and | ||
(ii) has known the applicant or, if the | ||
applicant is a corporation, the agent designated by the corporation | ||
in the application for at least three years; | ||
(D) a $500 filing fee; | ||
(E) a photograph of the applicant or, if the | ||
applicant is a corporation, of the agent designated by the | ||
corporation in the application; | ||
(F) a set of fingerprints of the applicant or, if | ||
the applicant is a corporation, of the agent designated by the | ||
corporation in the application taken by a law enforcement officer | ||
designated by the board; | ||
(G) if the applicant is or has been licensed | ||
under this chapter in another county: | ||
(i) a list of each county in which the | ||
applicant holds a license; and | ||
(ii) a statement by the applicant, as of the | ||
date of the application, of any final judgments that have been | ||
unpaid for more than 30 days and that arose directly or indirectly | ||
from a bail bond executed by the applicant as a surety or as an agent | ||
for a surety; and | ||
(H) if the applicant is a corporation, a | ||
statement by the designated agent, as of the date of the | ||
application, of any final judgments that have been unpaid for more | ||
than 30 days and that arose directly or indirectly from any bond | ||
executed by the agent as a surety or as an agent for a surety. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1704.154, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to an application for a bail bond surety | ||
license that is submitted on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |