HB 1354 Summary

• Allows courts to require probationers and the parole board to require parolees to execute bonds with licensed insurance company sureties as conditions of release.

• Permits releasing authorities to set optional conditions including drug/alcohol testing, employment requirements, travel restrictions, restitution, community service, and electronic monitoring.

• Requires releasing authorities to mandate that principals pay the surety's bond-writing charge (minimum 10% of bond face value) and report to the surety as directed.

• Establishes that if a principal violates release conditions, the surety must be notified within 5 days; if the principal is not returned to custody within 180 days of notice, the surety must pay a penalty equal to the bond's face value.

• Takes effect July 1, 2010.