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Occupations Code §1704.302

In force on Aug 20, 2004 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2001 · same as today's text

PROHIBITED REFERRALS OF OR EMPLOYMENTS WITH BONDING BUSINESS; OFFENSE

(a) A person in the bonding business may not directly or indirectly give, donate, lend, or contribute, or promise to give, donate, lend, or contribute, money or property to an attorney, police officer, sheriff, deputy, constable, jailer, or employee of a law enforcement agency for the referral of bonding business. (b) A person may not accept or receive from a license holder money, property, or any other thing of value as payment for the referral of bonding business unless the records of the board show that the person is an agent or employee of the license holder. (c) A person may not accept or receive from a license holder money, property, or any other thing of value as payment for employment with a bonding business if, within the preceding 10 years, the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of a felony. (d) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

History: Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 2001 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0299 (Aug 20, 2004): Whether a bail bond surety who is convicted ofviolatingsection 1704.304(c) ofthe Occupations Code has committed a crime of moral turpitude for purposes of section 1704.302(c) thereof

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