1. (a) An appeal bond that an appellant must post to stay execution on a judgment while an appeal is pending may not exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) regardless of the total amount of the judgment.

2. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an appellant is dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of business to avoid payment of a judgment, a court may enter orders that:

   1. (1) are necessary to protect the appellee; and
   2. (2) require the appellant to post a bond that is equal to the total amount of the judgment.

As added by P.L.46-2002, SEC.1.