Mississippi House Bill 902 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Reenact Section 83-39-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Professional Bail Agents, Soliciting Bail Agents And Bail Enforcement Agents To Be Licensed By The Department Of Insurance; To Reenact Section 83-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Each Applicant For A Professional Bail Agent License Who Acts As Personal Surety To Post A Qualification Bond With The Commissioner Of Insurance; To Amend Reenacted Section 83-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Applicants For A Professional Bail Agent License To Post A Qualification Bond And To Delete Certain Provisions Relating To The Forfeiture Of Qualification Bonds Of Professional Bail Agents; To Reenact Section 83-39-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Professional Bail Agents To File An Annual Financial Statement With The Department Of Insurance And Requires The Department Of Insurance To Establish A Bail Bond Database; To Amend Reenacted Section 83-39-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Information In The Bail Bond Database To Be Considered Reliable And Accurate Before Such Information May Be Used To Restrict The Amount Of Bonds A Professional Bail Agent May Have Outstanding At A Given Time; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 446, Laws Of 2016, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The Reenacted Sections; And For Related Purposes.

Bail agents; extend repealer and revise certain provisions relating to licensure, qualification bonds and reporting requirements for.

Rep. Jason White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-11	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0902.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0902IN.htm