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ORDINANCE NO. 9 3 5 C#15-90)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.12 OF THE JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL
CODE; BRINGING THE JACKSONVILLE BAIL BONDSMAN'S REGULArI'IONS INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION ONE: Section 5.12.060 of the Jacksonville Municipal
Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION TWO:
as follows:
Section 5.12.070(B) is hereby amended to read
B. 'rhe permi t shall be for the per iod of one year
beginning on January 1st and expiring on December
31st of the same year. In the event application
is made on or after the first day of July of any
year, the license fee shall be one-half of the
annual fee and the license shall expire on
December 31st of the same year. Applications for
renewal of license shall be filed with the Court
Clerk not less than thirty days prior to the
expiration date of the license.
SECTION THREE: Section 5.12.080 of the Jacksonville
Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION FOUR: Section 5.12.110 of the Jacksonville
Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION FIVE: Section 5.12.130 of the Jacksonville
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
List of Licensed Bondsmen - Court Clerk Duty.
It shall be the duty of the Court Clerk to cause
to be typewr it ten or pr inted on the 1st of every
year, a list which should be prepared in the order
in which they ini tially reg ister wi th the Clerk
for the purpose of being included on the list.
The list shall include the name of the pro-
fessional bail bondsman, the company the bail
bondsman represents, and the bail bondsman's
off ice address and phone number. The list shall
include all persons licensed under the authority
of this chapter to conduct or engage in the busi-
ness of a professional bondsman in the City and
the Court Clerk shall furnish copies thereof to
the judge of the Municipal Court of the City and
to the Chief of Police of the Ci ty. It shall be
the duty of the Court Clerk to maintain sufficient
numbers of said lists so that one may be made
available to any member of the police depar"tment
upon request. If and when addi tional applicants
are qualified, approved and licensed during the
year, such names will be added to the list. After
the or ig inal list is prepared on the 1st of any
year, the Court Clerk shall have five (5) days in
which to prepare a new list after a new company is
qualified.
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SECTION SIX: Section 5.12.140 of the Jacksonville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Detained Person - Bondsman Choice - Records.
When a person in custody in any place of detention
requests any officer in charge thereof to furnish
him the name of a bondsman, the list shall be pre-
sented to the person so detained without recommen-
dation p~ any tname+: l:.stec_fthereon. h It shall be
Ene tur~ner au y OL ~~e o~ 1cer 1n c arge ot sucn
place of detention to put the person so detained,
or his authorized representative, in communication
by telephone or otherwise with the bondsman
selected and chosen by said person in custody,
within a reasonable time.
It is unlawful for the officer in charge to make
any suggestion to or influence in any way the per-
son in custody with reference to the choice of a
bondsman.
SECTION SEVEN: Section 5.12.150(A) of the Jacksonville
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
License - Suspension or Revocation - Hearing.
The license of a professional bondsman may be
suspended or revoked in the following manner:
A. The Municipal Judge, whenever he has knowledge or
it is brought to his attention that a professional
bondsman has violated or is violating any of the
provisions of this chapter, is authorized, and it
shall be his duty to cite such bondsman to appear
before him on a certain day to show cause why his
license should not be suspended or revoked. Said
ci tation shall state the reason and grounds for
its issuance and the date, hour and place of the
hearing, and shall be served on the bondsman per-
sonally.
SECTION EIGHT: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewi th are hereby repealed to the extent of any
such conflict.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS
1st DAY OF NOV~MBE~,1990.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
ATrrEST:
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'l'OMlvlY SWAIM 1 MAYOR ..
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'~ L'E()NARDV ~,TY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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