Enacted on May 22, 2009, Alabama SB 111 mandated a couple of changes to the surety bond requirements for public officials in every county. Under the new law, any county employee or official that the county commission designates will be required to obtain a surety bond. County commissions can mandate that any director or member of a public board must post a surety bond in order to guarantee that they faithfully carry out the duties of their office, or assigned position. In the past, these surety bonds were made payable to the state of Alabama, but now they are payable country treasuries. Specific bond amounts will be determined by the respective county commissions, however, bonds for each county official should be for 0.5% of the official