A hearing was held yesterday on HB628. Two people testified on the bill, Bart Cooper speaking in favor and Marilyn Turner speaking in opposition.
The bill seeks to raise the CD requirement to $50,000 for any new general agent who becomes licensed after 8/28/2009 and requires a $5,000 CD assignment by the general agent for each new agent licensing under his/her authority after 8/28/2009. The bill also seeks to repeal the Lee Clause, which would delete the 15-year look-back on felony convictions. See the full bill text here. (New language is in bold print, while proposed deletions are bracketed.)
If you would like to comment on any provision of HB628, it is now in the Professional Registration Committee. The committee will hold executive session on the bill at a later meeting. The committee could pass the bill as it is currently worded, amend the bill, or take no action on the bill. For a quick refresher, here is a flowchart on how a bill becomes a law.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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I thought MO.was a right to work state.Now I am beginning to believe that our representatives are letting the power get out of control.We all need to come together and vote a lot of them out of office,just like they are trying to put most of us out of work.I believe a few [GENERAL BAIL BOND AGENTS]have paid big contributions to help them get elected and this is what they want in return.It looks like the [USA IS IN THE WORST SHAPE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY 50 YEARS HERE]. So lets put more workers out of a job and on unemployment.I just dont understand why they wont consentrate on laws that have already passed.I have seen a lot of new laws passed that are not even being enforced.So lets pass some more new laws to screw it up some more.It looks like they should be consentrating on helping creating more jobs! Not trying to eliminate them.This is a waste of paper and a lot of tax payers dollars.WE need someone to watch over the [GOVERNMENT LIKE THEY WATCH OVER US].It looks like they have nothing better to do than this.Property/surety bail bonds save tax payers money for not having to house or feed prisoners.[And bail bond agents have a significant recovery rate of fugitives tremendously better than any law enforcement agency or probation and parole officer at no cost to tax payers or the courts/state.It is the total responsability of the bail bond agent or surety/company to recover the fugitive at there own expense no matter what it could cost the bail bond agent/surety company,at no cost to the tax payers at all.It is my own opinion that[HB628] should be put through the shredder! I would really like to no what this BILLS [HB628]true intened purpose is about,and what persons in the business are going to gain from it.Is this something to put the smaller company out of business.I've been in this for 12 years,but there is someone aiways trying to destroy this industry!
ReplyDeleteI truly dont think it even fair to consider putting someone out of work,who has been clean,comitted no crimes for over 15 years,for the act of another who chooses no to make good with his 2nd chance in life,to be a tax paying family man,are we not being really bad to even think ONCE A CRIMINAL ALWAYS A LOOSE CANNON,most crimes now days are buy 1st time offenders,that just snap,get desperate in this economy,yes some repeat offender are always out there,but the law is set in place...IF YOU STAY CLEAN 15 YEARS,,,ARE YOU NOT ATLEAT AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE/ or a parasite for ever in the eyes of attorney turned bail bondsman? when you screw up your out? and the man in question is done in this buisness now as we can see...it works the way it is? why re word it and start over with people finding loop-holes..all over...again...
ReplyDeleteRIGHT ON FOR"I THOUGHT MO WAS THE RIGHT TO WORK STATE" all that hb628 is designed for is to kick the little buisness guy in the teeth,AND GIVE BIG MONEY A EDGE,,,RUN THE AMERICAN DREAM AWAY FROM THE LITTLE GUY...PUT IN ONLY IN THE REACH OF THE BIG MONEY MEN,
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