South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 1110

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1110
Ratification Number:       376
Act Number:                356
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the license fee for a
                           professional bondsman, the license fee for a
                           runner, the disposition of those fees, and an
                           additional sum to be paid by a bondsman
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(A356, R376, S1110)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 38-63-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LICENSE FEE FOR A PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN, THE LICENSE FEE FOR A RUNNER, THE DISPOSITION OF THOSE FEES, AND AN ADDITIONAL SUM TO BE PAID BY A BONDSMAN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY APPLICANT PAYING THE INITIAL LICENSE FEE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1987, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY LICENSE RENEWAL FEE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1987, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO BAIL BONDSMAN OR RUNNER IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 38 UNTIL MAY 1, 1986.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Fee

SECTION 1. Section 38-63-110 as contained in Section 1 of Act 189 of 1985 is amended to read:

"Section 38-63-110. (a) A license fee of four hundred dollars must be paid to the commissioner with each application for license as a professional bondsman. The first year after enactment the commissioner shall forward four hundred dollars to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund; provided that of the four hundred dollars, the amount of two hundred dollars shall be paid over to the commissioner to offset those costs he incurs under the provisions of this chapter, and two hundred dollars shall be paid over to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset those costs it may incur under the provisions of this chapter. Provided further that any applicant paying the initial license fee required by this section prior to July 1, 1987, shall not be required to pay any license renewal fee prior to July 1, 1987.

(b) A license fee of two hundred dollars must be paid to the commissioner with each application for a license as a runner. The first year after enactment, the commissioner shall forward two hundred dollars to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund; provided that of the two hundred dollars, the amount of one hundred dollars shall be paid over to the commissioner to offset those costs he incurs under the provisions of this chapter, and one hundred dollars shall be paid over to the State Law Enforcement Division to offset those costs it incurs under the provisions of this chapter. Provided further that any applicant paying the initial license fee required by this section prior to July 1, 1987, shall not be required to pay any license renewal fee prior to July 1, 1987.

(c) Beginning the second year after enactment, the commissioner shall forward forty percent of all fees collected under the provisions of Section 38-63-110 (a) and (b) to the clerk of court of the county where the principal place of business of the bondsman or runner is located. The remaining sixty percent of collected fees shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer to be placed in the general fund of which one-third shall be paid to the State Law Enforcement Division and two-thirds paid to the commissioner to offset expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter.

(d) In addition to the fees herein provided, a bondsman shall pay to the clerk of court of any county where he is doing business other than the county of his principal place of business the sum of one hundred dollars annually to be paid directly to and retained by the clerk of court of said county. Provided further that any applicant paying the initial license fee required by this section prior to July 1, 1987, shall not be required to pay any license renewal fee prior to July 1, 1987."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor, except that no bail bondsman or runner is required to be licensed under the provisions of Chapter 63 of Title 38 of the 1976 Code, as contained in Section 1 of this act, until May 1, 1986.