Board responsibilities.

Utah Code § 31A-35-202, under Part 31A-35-2: Commercial Bail Bond Surety Oversight Board.

Utah Code § 31A-35-202

31A-35-202. Board responsibilities.

(1) The board shall:

(a) meet:

(i) at least quarterly; and

(ii) at the call of the chair;

(b) make written recommendations to the commissioner for rules governing the following aspects of the bail bond insurance business:

(i) qualifications, applications, and fees for obtaining:

(A) a license required by this Section 31A-35-401; or

(B) a certificate;

(ii) limits on the aggregate amounts of bail bonds;

(iii) unprofessional conduct;

(iv) procedures for hearing and resolving allegations of unprofessional conduct; and

(v) sanctions for unprofessional conduct;

(c) screen:

(i) bail bond agency license applications; and

(ii) persons applying for a bail bond agency license; and

(d) recommend to the commissioner action regarding the granting, suspending, revoking, and reinstating of bail bond agency license.

(2) Nothing in Subsection (1)(d) precludes the commissioner from suspending a license under Section 31A-35-504.

(3) The board may:

(a) conduct investigations of allegations of unprofessional conduct on the part of persons or bail bond agencies involved in the business of bail bond insurance; and

(b) provide the results of the investigations described in Subsection (3)(a) to the commissioner with recommendations for:

(i) action; and

(ii) any appropriate sanctions.