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Rules Committee sends bill to floor that would let bail bondsmen run for certain local offices with issuance restriction
Summary
The Rules Committee voted unanimously to return two measures to the Senate floor, including Senate Bill 16, which would allow bail bondsmen to run for some local elected offices while barring them from issuing bonds in the jurisdiction where they serve.
The Rules Committee voted unanimously to send two measures — Senate Bill 16 and Senate Resolution 7 — back to the Senate floor, the committee chair said during the meeting.
The bill that drew most of the discussion, Senate Bill 16, would change existing law that currently bars bail bondsmen from holding elected office with a single exception for school board membership. Under the measure discussed in committee, bail bondsmen would be allowed to run for certain local offices — including county commission seats, city council seats and positions in consolidated local governments — but could not issue bonds in any jurisdiction where they hold office, the committee chair said.
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