SB 1037 Summary

• Authorizes bail bondsmen to write bonds on up to 10 defendants per calendar year (January 1 - December 31) in counties outside their home county.

• Clarifies that each separate date a bondsman writes a bond on a single individual counts as one of the 10-defendant limit, regardless of any previous bonds written on that same person.

• Removes the 10-defendant limit in counties that have no registered bondsman.

• Effective date: July 1, 2013, with emergency clause allowing immediate implementation upon passage and approval.