1. A. In order to be eligible to take the examination required to be licensed as a bail bondsman, each person shall complete not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of education in subjects pertinent to the duties and responsibilities of a bail bondsman, including all laws and regulations related thereto. Further, each licensee shall complete biennially not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of continuing education in said subjects prior to renewal of the license. Such continuing education shall not include a written or oral examination.

   Provided, any person licensed as a bail bondsman prior to November 1, 1989, shall not be required to complete sixteen (16) clock hours of education prior to licensure but shall be subject to the sixteen-hour continuing education requirement in order to renew said license, except that a licensed bail bondsman who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who has been licensed as a bail bondsman for fifteen (15) years or more shall be exempt from both the education and continuing education requirements of this section.

2. B. The Oklahoma Bondsman Association shall provide education for bail bondsman licensure as required by this section; provided that the Insurance Commissioner shall approve the courses offered and provided further such education meets the general standards for education otherwise established by the Insurance Commissioner.
3. C. The Oklahoma Bondsman Association shall submit biennially a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), payable to the Insurance Commissioner which shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the purposes of fulfilling and accomplishing the conditions and purposes of this section.
4. D. Any person who falsely represents to the Insurance Commissioner that compliance with this section has been met shall be subject, after notice and hearing, to the penalties and fines set out in Section 1310 of this title.
5. E. The Commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules as are necessary for effective administration of this section.

Laws 1989, SB 339, c. 257, § 1, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 604, c. 331, § 2, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1998, SB 936, c. 394, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2011, SB 965, c. 242, § 14; Amended by Laws 2011, HB 1243, c. 293, § 14, emerg. eff. June 20, 2011 (superseded document available).