Calvert v. Lapeer Circuit Judges

I agree with the majority that because the insurance commissioner has been given licensing and regulatory authority over a bail bondsman does not mean that a judge setting bail must accept the surety of a particular licensed bondsman.

I do not agree with, and respectfully dissent from, the majority view that a judicial circuit can disregard the clear mandate of the statute that plaintiff, as one "engaged in the business of becom*419ing surety upon bonds,” be included in the annually compiled list of such persons. MCL 750.167b(4); MSA 28.364(2)(4).

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As pointed out by the majority, the judges of each…