AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that HB 1130 be amended as follows:
On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
" Section 1. That § 58-22-1 be amended to read as follows:
58-22-1. The following words whenTerms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings
mean:
(1) "Bail bond," cash, property or surety given to obtain a defendant's release;
(1A) "Bail bondsman," shall mean a surety bondsman, professional bondsman, or a property
bondsman as hereinafter defined;
(1B) "Cash," the coins and bills issued by the government of the United States and does not
include the transfer of funds electronically;
(2) "Insurer," shall mean any domestic, foreign, or alien surety company which has qualified
generally to transact surety business and specifically to transact bail bond business in this
state;
(3) "Professional bondsman," shall mean any person who has been approved by the director
and who pledges cash or approved unregistered bonds as security for a bail bond in
connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised money or other things
of value;
(4) "Property bondsman," is a person who pledges real or other property as security for a bail
bond in a judicial proceeding and who receives or is promised money or other things of
value therefor;
(5) "Runner," shall mean a person employed by a bail bondsman for the purpose of assisting
the bail bondsman in presenting the defendant in court when required or to assist in
apprehension and surrender of defendant to the court, or keeping defendant under
necessary surveillance. This does not affect the right of a bail bondsman to hire counsel
or to ask assistance of law enforcement officers;
(6) "Surety bondsman," shall mean any person who has been approved by the director and
appointed by an insurer by power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds for the
insurer in connection with judicial proceedings and who receives or is promised money
or other things of value therefor. "