HB 2525 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

     Declares that a person may not perform the duties of a bail bond recovery agent in this state unless he or she is certified by a bail bond agency or bail bond agent licensed in this state.

     Requires the director or the director's designee, with the advice of designees of the bail bond industry, law enforcement agencies and associations, and prosecutors' associations, to adopt  rules necessary to administer, implement, and enforce this act and shall establish minimum standards necessary for a bail bond agency or qualified agent to certify a bail bond recovery agent.

     Declares that any person who performs the functions of a bail bond recovery agent without first being certified by a bail bond agency or bail bond agent licensed in this state commits a gross misdemeanor.