HB 459

Under existing law, the Polygraph Examiners Board is responsible for the regulation and licensing of polygraph examiners in the state

This bill would increase application, original license, and license renewal fees for polygraph examiners

To amend Section 34-25-26, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Polygraph Examiners Board; to increase application, original license, and license renewal fees for polygraph examiners.

Section 1

Section 34-25-26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§34-25-26.

The fee requirements of this chapter shall apply to all polygraph examiners, including those employed by governmental agencies, and to those who engage in polygraph examinations on any commercial basis. The fees to be paid, effective October 1, 1991 October 1, 2019, are as follows:

(1) By an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a polygraph examiner's license is $150 two hundred fifty dollars ($250), which is not to be credited as payment against the license fee and is not refundable;.

(2) For the issuance of an original polygraph examiner's license the fee is $100; two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(3) For the issuance of an internship license the fee is $100; one hundred dollars ($100).

(4) For the issuance of a duplicate polygraph examiner's license the fee is $20; twenty dollars ($20).

(5) For the issuance of a polygraph examiner's renewal license the fee is $100; two hundred dollars ($200).

(6) For the extension or renewal of an internship license the fee is $100; and one hundred dollars ($100).

(7) For the issuance of a duplicate internship license the fee is $20 twenty dollars ($20)."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.