By Hinojosa H.B. No. 3457
76R8413 GJH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the renewal of certain bail bondsman licenses.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 8, Chapter 550, Acts of the 63rd
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 2372p-3, Vernon's Texas
1-6 Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding
1-7 Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-8 (a) A license [issued] under this Act that has been issued
1-9 for less than six consecutive years or that has been suspended
1-10 expires 24 months after the date of its issuance and may not be
1-11 renewed unless an application for renewal is filed with the board
1-12 at least 30 days before expiration. The application for renewal
1-13 shall have the same form and content as an application for an
1-14 original license under this Act. The application for renewal shall
1-15 be accompanied by a renewal fee of $500. Except as provided by
1-16 Subsection (d) of this section, if [If] the applicant's current
1-17 license has not been suspended or revoked, if the renewal
1-18 application complies with the requirements of this Act, and if the
1-19 board knows no legal reason why the application should not be
1-20 renewed, the license may then be renewed for a period of 24 months
1-21 from the date of expiration and may be renewed subsequently each 24
1-22 months in like manner.
1-23 (d) A person who applies for renewal of a license that has
1-24 been held by the person for at least six consecutive years without
2-1 having been suspended or revoked under this Act and who complies
2-2 with the requirements of this Act may renew the license for a
2-3 period of 48 months from the date of expiration if the board knows
2-4 of no legal reason why the application should not be renewed. A
2-5 license renewed under this subsection may be renewed subsequently
2-6 each 48 months in a similar manner.
2-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
2-8 applies only to a license renewal application filed on or after
2-9 that date. A renewal application filed before the effective date
2-10 of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the day the renewal
2-11 application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
2-12 for that purpose.
2-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.