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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 513
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREENE
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program
within the Dept. of Insurance
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1574(A)(3), (B), (C), and (D)(1) and to enact R.S.2
22:1574(A)(4), relative to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program; to provide for3
registration of Bail Bond Apprentice Program participants; to provide for4
recordkeeping relative to program participants; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 22:1574(A)(3), (B), (C), and (D)(1) are hereby amended and7
reenacted and R.S. 22:1574(A)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1574. Bail Bond Apprentice Program9
A.10
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(3) All persons entering the Bail Bond Apprentice Program shall register12
with the commissioner of insurance at least ten days prior to beginning the program.13
Registration shall consist of filing with the commissioner a properly completed form14
prescribed by the commissioner. The information required on such form from each15
apprentice shall include but shall not be limited to each of the following:16
(a) The name, home address, and telephone number of the registrant.17
(b) The date of birth and social security number of the registrant.18
(c) The date the prospective apprentice shall commence training in the Bail19
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(d) The name, address, and license number of the supervising licensed bail1
bond producer.2
(3) (4) Apprentices shall complete the registered insurance producer and bail3
bond producer prelicensing program as provided for in R.S. 22:1571 before the end4
of the apprenticeship program.5
B. The Bail Bond Apprentice Program shall consist of six three consecutive6
months of employment by a Louisiana Department of Insurance licensed bail bond7
producer. The apprentice shall be supervised by the producer during the six-month8
three-month period and work for no less than twenty-four hours per week. The9
apprentice shall observe the bail bond producer, perform every phase of the bail bond10
business, and shall perform duties in every phase of the bail bond business except for11
the solicitation, negotiation, quotation of fees, and the execution of a bail bond.12
C. The supervising bail bond producer shall maintain records to support that13
the apprentice has worked the required number of hours. For each apprentice, these14
records shall include pay stubs and time sheets. Time sheets shall contain the15
number of hours worked, the specific functions performed, and the date and time of16
the performance of those functions. These records shall include time sheets and pay17
stubs, and shall be made available for examination and review to the Department of18
Insurance upon request.19
D.(1) Upon completion of the required six three months of work experience,20
without expulsion, the apprentice and the supervising bail bond producer shall21
certify, on a form provided by the Department of Insurance, that the apprentice has22
completed all of the requirements of the apprentice program. This form shall be a23
notarized sworn affidavit, completed under penalty of perjury.24
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Greene HB No. 513
Abstract: Requires prospective apprentices in the Bail Bond Apprentice Program to
register identifying information with the commissioner of insurance.
Present law provides for the creation of a Bail Bond Apprentice Program, whereby
apprentices complete the registered insurance producer and bail producer prelicensing
program under the instruction of a supervising bail producer.
Proposed law requires the apprentice to register his name, home address, and telephone
number, as well as his date of birth and social security number with the commissioner of
insurance. Further requires the apprentice to disclose the date he will be entering the
program and to give contact information for his supervising licensed bail bond producer.
Otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides that the program consists of an apprentice's consecutive months of
employment with a licensed bail bond producer.
Proposed law changes the duration of the program from six months to three.
Present law requires the supervising bail bond producer to maintain an apprentice's work
hour records, including time sheets and pay stubs. Such records are to be available for
examination and review by the Dept. of Insurance.
Proposed law retains present law but further requires that the work records include
specifically the number of hours worked, the specific functions performed, and the date and
time of the performance of those functions.
(Amends R.S. 22:1574(A)(3), (B), and (C), and (D)(1); Adds R.S. 22:1574(A)(4))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Insurance to the original
bill.
1. Makes technical change.
2. Changes the duration of the Bail Bond Apprentice Program from six months to
three months.