(a) The Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board shall investigate any alleged violation of this chapter.
(b) Any person may file a complaint stating facts constituting an alleged violation of this chapter. The complaint shall be signed under penalty of perjury.
(c) All hearings held under this chapter shall be conducted in the same manner as hearings held by the board under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., unless otherwise stated in this chapter.
(d)
(1)
(A) With respect to the subject of any examination, investigation, or hearing being conducted by the board, the board or the Executive Director of the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board, with board approval, may subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and affirmations, and examine an individual under oath, and may require and compel the production of records, books, papers, contracts, and other documents.
(B) A professional bail bondsman or professional bail bond company that fails to comply with this section may be subject to penalties under § 17-19-210.
(2) Subpoenas of witnesses shall be served in the same manner as if issued by a circuit court and may be served by certified mail.
(3) If any individual fails to obey a subpoena issued and served pursuant to this section with respect to any matter concerning which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, upon application of the board, the Pulaski County Circuit Court may issue an order requiring the individual to comply with the subpoena and to testify.
(4) Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
(5) Any person willfully testifying falsely under oath to any matter material to any examination, investigation, or hearing shall upon conviction be guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
(e) Not less than ten (10) days in advance, the board shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing, stating the matters to be considered at the hearing.
(f) The board shall allow any party to the hearing to appear in person and by counsel, to be present during the giving of all evidence, to have a reasonable opportunity to inspect all documentary evidence and to examine witnesses, to present evidence in support of his or her interest, and to have subpoenas issued by the board to compel attendance of witnesses and production of evidence in his or her behalf.
(g)
(1) A party may appeal from any order of the board as a matter of right and shall be taken to the Pulaski County Circuit Court by filing written notice of appeal to the court and by filing a copy of the notice with the board.
(2) Within thirty (30) days after filing the copy of a notice of appeal with the board, the board shall make, certify, and deposit in the office of the clerk of the court in which the appeal is pending a full and complete transcript of all proceedings had before the board and all evidence before the board in the matter, including all of the board's files therein.