1-1 By: Hinojosa (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 3457
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1999;
1-3 May 12, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the renewal of certain bail bondsman licenses.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 8, Chapter 550, Acts of the 63rd
1-11 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 2372p-3, Vernon's Texas
1-12 Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding
1-13 Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-14 (a) A license [issued] under this Act that has been issued
1-15 for less than six consecutive years or that has been suspended
1-16 expires 24 months after the date of its issuance and may not be
1-17 renewed unless an application for renewal is filed with the board
1-18 at least 30 days before expiration. The application for renewal
1-19 shall have the same form and content as an application for an
1-20 original license under this Act. The application for renewal shall
1-21 be accompanied by a renewal fee of $500. Except as provided by
1-22 Subsection (d) of this section, if [If] the applicant's current
1-23 license has not been suspended or revoked, if the renewal
1-24 application complies with the requirements of this Act, and if the
1-25 board knows no legal reason why the application should not be
1-26 renewed, the license may then be renewed for a period of 24 months
1-27 from the date of expiration and may be renewed subsequently each 24
1-28 months in like manner.
1-29 (d) A person who applies for renewal of a license that has
1-30 been held by the person for at least six consecutive years without
1-31 having been suspended or revoked under this Act and who complies
1-32 with the requirements of this Act may renew the license for a
1-33 period of 48 months from the date of expiration if the board knows
1-34 of no legal reason why the application should not be renewed and if
1-35 the board determines that the applicant has submitted an annual
1-36 financial report to each county bail bond board before the
1-37 anniversary date of the issuance of the applicant's license. A
1-38 license renewed under this subsection may be renewed subsequently
1-39 each 48 months in a similar manner.
1-40 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-41 applies only to a license renewal application filed on or after
1-42 that date. A renewal application filed before the effective date
1-43 of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the day the renewal
1-44 application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
1-45 for that purpose.
1-46 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-47 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-48 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-49 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-50 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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