AR HB1065

Establishes maximum of 4 regular employees for the Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board for fiscal year 2018-2019, including one executive director (GS09) and three GS04-level specialists.

Appropriates $373,383 from the Bail Bondsman Board Fund for personal services and operating expenses, including $173,921 in regular salaries, $58,076 in personal services matching, and $141,386 in maintenance and general operations costs.

Appropriates $500,000 from State Treasury cash fund to process security deposits and pay outstanding judgments for bail bonds companies that go out of business.

Appropriates $3,500,000 from the Bail Bond Recovery Fund for recovery of forfeited professional bail bonds.

Requires the board to deposit sufficient fees and penalties into the Bail Bondsman Board Fund, retain a fund balance for operating expenses, and transfer 75% of excess funds to the General Revenue Fund at fiscal year end.