1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; modifying bond requirements 
  1.3             for certain search firms; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1996, section 184.30, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, 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.  The 
  1.14  bond must be filed in the office of the secretary of state and 
  1.15  conditioned that the employment agency and each member, 
  1.16  shareholder, director, or officer of a firm, partnership, 
  1.17  corporation, or association operating as an employment agency 
  1.18  will comply with the provisions of sections 184.21 to 184.40 and 
  1.19  any contract made by the employment agent in the conduct of the 
  1.20  business.  A person damaged by a breach of any condition of the 
  1.21  bond may bring an action on the bond, and successive actions may 
  1.22  be maintained on it.