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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-307" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a transient vendor license shall execute and file a bond with the governing body of the county in the amount of $10,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The bond shall be issued by a surety:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>authorized to do business in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>approved by the governing body.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The bond shall be payable to the extent of any taxes, fees, or fines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The surety shall indemnify a purchaser who suffers a loss because of defective goods or misrepresentation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The bond shall provide that the governing body of a county may file suit against the licensee or the surety for taxes, fees, or fines due from the licensee that are not paid within 30 days after the termination of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a sale authorized under this part; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the transient vendor license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The bond shall provide that a purchaser at a sale may maintain an action for claims arising from the sale against a licensee or the surety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The bond shall continue in effect for at least 1 year after the termination of the transient vendor license expires and until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all actions are concluded and judgments have been satisfied; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the amount of the bond has been exhausted by payments on judgments.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The bond shall be in addition to any deposit, license fee, permit fee, or other requirement under county law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
