Amend CSSB 1119 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Between SECTIONS 2 and 3 (page 1, between lines 17 and
18), insert the following appropriately numbered section:
SECTION ____. Section 1704.151, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1704.151. LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided by
Section 1704.163, a person may not act as a bail bond surety in
this state <the county> unless the person holds a license issued
under this chapter.
(2) Strike the recitation of SECTION 4 of the bill (page 2,
lines 22-24) and substitute the following:
SECTION ____. Section 1704.154, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1704.154. ]SAPPLICATION REQUIREMENTS . (a) To be licensed
under this chapter, a person must apply for a license by filing a
sworn application with a <the> board.
(3) Between SECTIONS 7 and 8 of the bill (page 9, between
lines 1 and 2), insert the following:
SECTION ____. Section 1704.203, Occupations Code, is amended
to conform in part to Section 1, Chapter 1096, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, and further amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a license holder
who holds a license originally issued before September 1, 1999, may
not execute, and a person may not accept from the <a> license
holder, a bail bond that, in the aggregate with other bail bonds
executed by the license holder in this state <that county>, results
in a total amount that exceeds 10 times the value of the security
deposited or executed by the license holder under Section 1704.160.
(h) A person may not act as a bail bond surety in a court in
a county in which the person is not licensed unless the person
holds a notarized certificate issued by the sheriff of the county
in which the person is licensed stating that the person meets the
requirements of this chapter for any bond executed by the bail bond
surety outside of that county. A bond issued under this subsection
is subject to the property held as security or deposit or in trust
under Section 1704.160 in the county for which the sheriff issued
the certificate and must be included in the total amount of
potential liability recorded in that county under this section. On
request by a licensed bail bond surety, the sheriff shall issue the
certificate required under this subsection.
(4) Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.