NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 569

SENATE BILL 430

AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN IN ROBESON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 316, Session Laws of 1947, as amended by Chapter 995, Session Laws of 1947, Chapter 85, Session Laws of 1961, and Section 1(c) of Chapter 217, Session Laws of 1969, is further amended by deleting the last paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following new language:

"In the event a person, firm, association or corporation engaging in such business or activity shall have made either one or more bonds, or pledges or deposits in lieu thereof, or both, for appearances in any courts in Robeson County, and the amount is not greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of total deposits; and if the amounts thereof shall be greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) but not greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of total deposits; and if the amounts thereof shall be greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) but not greater than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of total deposits; and if the amounts thereof shall be greater than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) but not greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of total deposits; and if the amounts thereof shall be greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), but not greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) of total deposits; and if the amounts thereof shall be greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), then he or it shall deposit an amount sufficient to make thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) of total deposits.

The limit of any bail bond executed by a professional bondsman or his agent shall not exceed the amount of one-fourth of the deposit held for such bondsman in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court."

Sec. 2. Section 5 of Chapter 136, Session Laws of 1947 as rewritten by Chapter 995, Session Laws of 1947, is amended by deleting the words "shall be fined or imprisoned", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both".

Sec. 3. This act applies to Robeson County only.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of May, 1979.