1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment agencies; providing for waiver 
  1.3             of bond requirement in certain circumstances; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 184.30, subdivision 1.
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 184.30, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  Every application for an employment 
  1.9   agency's license, and every annual report required to be filed 
  1.10  under section 184.22, subdivision 2, must be accompanied by a 
  1.11  surety bond approved by the department in the amount of $10,000 
  1.12  for each location; except, that for a search firm, the bond is 
  1.13  required only for the first five years of registration.  For a 
  1.14  search firm that was previously licensed as an employment 
  1.15  agency, the bond is required only until the firm has met the 
  1.16  bond requirement as an agency or as a search firm for a total of 
  1.17  at least five years.  The bond must be filed in the office of 
  1.18  the secretary of state and conditioned that the employment 
  1.19  agency and each member, shareholder, director, or officer of a 
  1.20  firm, partnership, corporation, or association operating as an 
  1.21  employment agency will comply with the provisions of sections 
  1.22  184.21 to 184.40 and any contract made by the employment agent 
  1.23  in the conduct of the business.  A person damaged by a breach of 
  1.24  any condition of the bond may bring an action on the bond, and 
  1.25  successive actions may be maintained on it.