Reference is to Printer's Date 03/10/16-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 38-53-85(B), as contained in SECTION 1, page 2, by deleting the subsection in its entirety and inserting:
/ (B) A person licensed
as a professional bondsman, surety bondsman, or runner before
the effective date of this section is not required to complete
the requisite twenty thirty hours of
education but and only must complete six
hours of continuing education courses in order
to have his license renewed. /
Amend the bill further, Section 38-53-320, as contained in SECTION 2, by deleting the section in its entirety and inserting:
/ "Section 38-53-320.
(A) Whenever the director or
his designee considers it necessary, he shall visit and examine
or cause to be visited and examined by some competent person
appointed by him for that purpose any professional bondsman
subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(B) A
bondsman owner/operator licensed after the effective date of
this subsection also shall maintain one properly zoned office in
this State, and this office must be accessible to the general
public and the director or his designee making the examination
during normal business hours, excluding weekends and holidays. A
bondsman shall provide the street address and mailing address to
the department and must notify the department of a change in
this street address or mailing address within thirty days of the
change.
(C) For
this purpose the purposes of subsections (A)
and (B), the director or his designee or person making the
examination has free access to all books and papers of the
bondsman that relate to his business and to the books and papers
kept by any of his agents or runners." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.