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2002 SESSION
HB 511 Private security services; qualifications.
Introduced by: Thelma Drake | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security; penalty. Requires each applicant for initial registration, licensure or certification as a compliance agent, private security services training school or instructor or unarmed security officer to submit their fingerprints for the conduct of a criminal records check. The bill also requires an unarmed security officer applying for renewal between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2004 to submit his fingerprints for the purpose of a criminal background check. The bill also authorizes the Department to suspend a registration, license or certification based on the conviction of certain misdemeanors or any felony and provides that making a false statement on the fingerprint card shall be a Class 5 felony. In addition, the bill establishes compulsory minimum standards for armored car personnel and exempts from the requirement for licensure, registration or certification persons engaged in the business of a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. This bill is identical to SB 71.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security; penalty. Requires each applicant for renewal of a registration, licensure or certification to submit fingerprints to the Department of Criminal Justices Services for a criminal records search, beginning January 1, 2003. The bill also authorizes the Department to suspend a registration, license or certification based on the conviction of certain misdemeanors or any felony and provides that making a false statement on the fingerprint card shall be a Class 5 felony. In addition, the bill (i) requires unarmed security guards to provide fingerprints to the Department for a criminal records search, (ii) establishes compulsory minimum standards for armored car personnel and (iii) exempts from the requirement for licensure, registration or certification persons engaged in the business of a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security; penalty. Requires each applicant for renewal of a registration, licensure or certification to submit fingerprints to the Department of Criminal Justices Services for a criminal records search, beginning January 1, 2003. The bill also authorizes the Department to suspend a registration, license or certification based on the conviction of certain misdemeanors or any felony and provides that making a false statement on the fingerprint card shall be a Class 5 felony. In addition, the bill (i) requires unarmed security guards to provide fingerprints to the Department for a criminal records search, (ii) establishes compulsory minimum standards for armored car personnel and (iii) exempts from the requirement for licensure, registration or certification persons engaged in the business of a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.