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HB 434 Private security services providers and personnel; licensure, waiver, etc.

Introduced by: Ronald A. Villanueva | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Licensure of private security services providers and personnel; waiver of prohibition for conviction of certain crimes. Requires that when the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services receives a written request from a person seeking to be (i) employed as a registered or certified employee by a private security services business or training school or (ii) issued a private security services registration, certification as an unarmed security officer, electronic security employee or technician's assistant, a private security services training school or instructor certification, compliance agent certification, or a private security services business license for a waiver of the prohibition against the registration or certification of such person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors or any felony, the Director must grant or deny the waiver in writing within 30 days and state the reasons for the decision.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Licensure of private security services providers and personnel; waiver of prohibition for conviction of certain crimes. Requires the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services to make a determination that a person with a criminal conviction of certain misdemeanors or any felony does not pose a threat to public safety prior to waiving, upon request, the prohibition against certification of such person as an unarmed security officer, electronic security employee or technician's assistant, private security services training school or instructor, or compliance agent or licensing of such person as a private security services business. Current law permits the Director to waive the prohibition without a determination that the requesting party does not pose a threat to public safety. The bill provides that any grant or denial shall be made in writing within 21 days of receipt of the written request and shall state the reasons for such decision.