Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

Added a requirement for the Supreme Court to attach qualifying power of attorney documents to all bail bond forms.

Added a process for placing bondsman licenses in inactive status and reverting them to active status.

Added a requirement for 19 or 20-year-old apprentice bondsmen to complete an instructional course.

Added a new requirement that bondsman license applicants must be residents of the state.

Modified board leadership rules to remove the requirement that a chair and vice chair be elected each time a new member is appointed.

Added late fees for submitting license renewal applications after the deadline.

Modified the reporting deadline for circuit clerks to report authorized companies to occur within 30 days of the close of annual recertification instead of the judge issuing the order.