§ 1123. Immigration bail business. (a)(1) Any person, firm,
corporation, or other entity who shall for another deposit money or
property as bail or execute as surety any bond in any immigration action
or proceeding who within a period of one month prior thereto shall have
made such a deposit or given such bail in more than two cases not
arising out of the same transaction shall be deemed to be doing an
immigration bail business.

(2) Except for a corporation authorized to write fidelity and surety
insurance and to do an immigration bail business pursuant to the
provisions of this article and otherwise in compliance with all other
requirements of this chapter to do such business, no person, firm,
corporation, or other entity shall engage in an immigration bail
business in this state.

(b) (1) No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall in this
state do an insurance business or an immigration bail business as
defined in subsection (a) of this section unless authorized by a license
issued and in force as provided under this article.

(2) The superintendent may authorize a property/casualty insurance
company that is authorized to write fidelity and surety insurance to do
an immigration bail business in accordance with the provisions of this
article, but no individual or entity shall be licensed to do such
business.

(c) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that violates this
section shall be subject to the penalty set forth in subsection (a) of
section one thousand one hundred two of this article.

(d) Any agreement entered into by an entity subject to this section
that is not authorized to do an immigration bail business in accordance
with the provisions of this article shall be void and unenforceable.