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SENATE BILL NO. 855
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Reynolds)
Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 30, 2007
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Criminal Justice Services; bail bondsmen.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 9.1-185.7. Licensure of nonresidents.

A. All nonresident transfers and applicants for a bail bondsman license shall satisfy all licensing requirements for residents of the Commonwealth.

B.   [ In order to be licensed as a bail bondsman, a person shall be a resident of the Commonwealth. ] For the purposes of this article, any individual whose physical place of residence and physical place of business are in a county or city located partly within the Commonwealth and partly within another state may be considered as meeting the requirements as a resident of the Commonwealth, provided the other state has established by law or regulation similar requirements as to residence of such individuals.