§ 31A-35-202. Board responsibilities.

(1) The board shall:

(a) meet:

(i) at least quarterly; and

(ii) at the call of the chair;

(b) make written recommendations to the commissioner for rules governing the following aspects of the bail bond surety insurance business:

(i) qualifications, applications, and fees for obtaining:

(A) a license required by this Section 31A-35-401; or

(B) a certificate;

(ii) limits on the aggregate amounts of bail bonds;

(iii) unprofessional conduct;

(iv) procedures for hearing and resolving allegations of unprofessional conduct; and

(v) sanctions for unprofessional conduct;

(c) screen:

(i) bail bond surety company license applications; and

(ii) persons applying for a bail bond surety company license; and

(d) recommend to the commissioner action regarding the granting, renewing, suspending, revoking, and reinstating of bail bond surety company license.

(2) The board may:

(a) conduct investigations of allegations of unprofessional conduct on the part of persons or bail bond sureties involved in the business of bail bond surety insurance; and

(b) provide the results of the investigations described in Subsection (2)(a) to the commissioner with recommendations for:

(i) action; and

(ii) any appropriate sanctions.

Amended by Chapter 284, 2011 General Session