Opinion No.

Honorable Tim Curry Criminal District Attorney Tarrant County Courthouse Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Re: Whether a county bail bond board may limit the number of bail bond licenses granted in that county

Dear Mr. Curry:

You ask whether article 2372p-3, V.T.C.S., grants the Tarrant County Bail Bond Board authority to limit the number of bail bond licensees in Tarrant County. You inform us that the act, which in section 5(f)(1) grants county bail bond boards the authority "to supervise and regulate all phases of the bonding business," has been read to include the power to promulgate rules limiting the…