AR HB1106

Establishes maximum of 3 regular employees for the Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board for fiscal year 2011-2012: an Executive Director (Grade C124), an Investigator (Grade C113), and an Administrative Specialist III (Grade C112)

Appropriates $318,413 from the Bail Bondsman Board Fund for personal services and operating expenses, including $131,883 for regular salaries, $39,144 for personal services matching, and $147,386 for maintenance and general operations

Appropriates $500,000 from the State Treasury cash fund to process security deposits and pay outstanding judgments of bail bonds companies that cease operations

Requires the Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board to transfer all but 25% of its fund balance to the General Revenue Fund Account at the end of each fiscal year

Act takes effect July 1, 2011 and applies through June 30, 2012, with an emergency clause declaring the appropriation essential to agency operations