Alabama § 15-13-203 - Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board - Creation; Composition; Adoption and Enforcement of Rules; Compensation.

§ 15-13-203. Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board - Creation; Composition; Adoption and Enforcement of Rules; Compensation.

(a) The Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board is created to administer and enforce this article. The board shall consist of all of the following members:

(1) Seven professional bondsmen, one from each of the seven congressional districts of the state, nominated by the Alabama Bail Bond Association and appointed by the Governor from a list of not more than four nominees for each position on the board. For the initial terms of office, the President of the Alabama Bail Bond Association shall be the professional bondsman member of the board who represents the congressional district in which he or she resides. Each professional bondsman member appointed to the board shall be the owner of a professional bail bond company with at least five years of experience. Except as otherwise provided, no two professional bondsman members shall reside in the same congressional district. If no professional bondsman is available for nomination by the Alabama Bail Bond Association for a congressional district, the Alabama Bail Bond Association shall provide a list of four professional bondsman nominees from the state at large to the Governor for that congressional district, and the Governor shall appoint one of those nominees to fill that position on the board.

(2) One circuit, district, or municipal court judge who is presently serving, supernumerary, or retired, nominated by the Alabama Bail Bond Association and appointed by the Governor from a list of four nominees.

(3) One circuit or municipal court clerk who is presently serving, supernumerary, or retired, nominated by the Alabama Circuit Clerks Association and appointed by the Governor from a list of four nominees.

(4) One serving sheriff, nominated by the Alabama Sheriff’s Association and appointed by the Governor from a list of four nominees.

(5) One lay person, nominated by the Alabama Bail Bond Association and appointed by the Governor from a list of four nominees.

(b) The appointments to the board shall be for terms of four years. The nominating and appointing authorities shall coordinate their nominations and appointments to assure the membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.

(c) The board, pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41, shall adopt and enforce reasonable rules as the board determines necessary to effectively and efficiently carry out its official duty of licensing and regulating professional bail bond companies and professional bondsmen.

(d) Each member of the board shall receive travel and per diem compensation for expenses incurred in the conduct of official duties while attending meetings and transacting the business of the board, in accordance with applicable state travel and per diem paid to state employees. The compensation of members shall be paid from funds available to the board in the same manner as other expenses are paid.