Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1119 amends provisions of the Occupations Code relating to bail bond sureties, including provisions relating to advertising as a bail bond surety and authorizing a county bail bond board to regulate solicitations or advertisements by or on behalf of license holders to protect the public from harassment, fraud, or misrepresentation. The bill modifies provisions relating to licensing requirements for a bail bond surety to include an agent designated by a corporation operating in the bail bond business and requires a license holder to maintain an office in the county in which the license holder has a license. The bill prohibits a person from accepting or receiving from a license holder payment for employment with a bonding business if, within the preceding 10 years, the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony. The bill also prohibits a bail bond surety or an agent of a surety from placing a device in a place of detention, confinement, or imprisonment that dispenses a bail bond in exchange for a fee.