SB363 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Alabama Private Investigation Regulatory Act, private investigator, fees clarified, qualifications, licensing, procedure and fee to reinstate inactive licenses, increase number of hours for continuing education, Secs. 34-25B-4, 34-25B-7, 34-25B-11, 34-25B-12, 34-25B-13, 34-25B-17, 34-25B-18, 34-25B-21, 34-25B-22, 34-25B-26 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the Alabama Private Investigation Board is responsible for the licensing and regulation of private investigators in the state</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would clarify those fees collected by the board that must be deposited into the Board of Private Investigation Fund</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide further for the qualifications for licensure as a private investigator</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide further for criminal history background checks for applicants for licensure</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize the board to grant inactive status to licensees and to provide, by rule, for a procedure and fee to reinstate an inactive license</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for administrative penalties against any person practicing without a license</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require licensees to report arrests to the board within 72 hours</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also clarify that the number of hours of continuing education required to maintain licensure is 16 hours during the two-year license period</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 34-25B-4, 34-25B-7, 34-25B-11, 34-25B-12, 34-25B-13, 34-25B-17, 34-25B-18, 34-25B-21, 34-25B-22, and 34-25B-26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Private Investigation Regulatory Act; to clarify those fees collected by the board that must be deposited into the Board of Private Investigation Fund; to provide further for the qualifications for licensure as a private investigator; to provide further for criminal history background checks for applicants for licensure; to authorize the board to grant inactive status to licensees and to provide, by rule, for a procedure and fee to reinstate an inactive license; to provide for administrative penalties against any person practicing without a license; to require licensees to report arrests to the board within 72 hours; and to clarify that the number of hours of continuing education required to maintain licensure is 16 hours during the two-year license period. </p>

Subjects

Private Investigators