Surety Bond News

Certain Nevada tobacco manufacturers are subject to new surety legislation. The new law is named SB 79 and requires certain nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers to acquire a surety bond in order to be included in the State’s directory of tobacco manufacturers and cigarette brands. The bond will be required if the manufacturer’s cigarettes have been sold out of state in the four previous calendar quarters; if the manufacturer purposely failed to make a deposit of its required escrow funds in the prior five calendar years; or if the manufacturer had been terminated from any state’s directory in the past five calendar years. The surety bond must be $25,000.

Not many people know what a public official bond is. Public official bonds ensure that individuals serving the public such as tax collectors or judges follow the rules of their county/state. The people of New Albany, IN may soon become fans of public official bonds pending a ruling on a recent case where a public official allegedly mishandled thousands of dollars. (more…)

New surety legislation was recently enacted in Nebraska. The new legislation is named LB 410 and concerns real estate appraisal management companies; they are now required to acquire a $25,000 surety bond in order to obtain a license. The surety bond must be from a state licensed bonding company. The bond must also stay in place one year after the company closes down.

Mississippi legislators have enacted a new bill that concerns proprietary schools within the state. The new bill is named SB 2771 and modifies the surety bond requirements for proprietary schools which previously called for a $50,000 bond. SB 2771 now allows the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration to establish the size of the bond. The new bill also terminated the amount of the bond for a proprietary school agents. Previous legislation required a $10,000 bond for a permit to become an agent of the school, and blanket bonds were also acceptable to cover all of the school’s agents. SB 2771 now only states that the agent’s bond must be acceptable to the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration.

Kentucky grain dealers/warehouseman are affected by a revised bill that was recently enacted. The bill is titled HB 221 and modifies the bond requirements for grain warehousemen and grain dealers. The previous legislation required a surety bond of at least twenty-five cents per bushel of the total maximum bushel capacity of the warehouse or $10,000, whichever is more. HB 221 boosts the alternate minimum bond quantity from $10,000 to $25,000 and caps the maximum amount of the bond at $1 million.