Engrossed Senate Bill No. 143 Summary

• Prohibits district attorneys, district attorney employees, and Department of Corrections employees from obtaining bail enforcer or bail recovery agency licenses while employed in those capacities.

• Establishes licensing restrictions for bail enforcers, security guards, and private investigators who have pending felony or misdemeanor charges involving moral turpitude or domestic violence, or who are subject to deferred sentences or prosecutions.

• Requires district attorneys to report to the Council of Law Enforcement Education and Training within 10 days when a licensed bail enforcer, security guard, or private investigator pleads guilty, enters an "Alford" plea, or is found guilty of a felony, crime involving moral turpitude, or domestic violence.

• Prohibits the Council from issuing conditional licenses to bail enforcers under the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act.

• Effective date: November 1, 2015.