HB2787 H GO AMT 1-25

    The Committee on Government Organization moves to amend the bill on page one, by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    H. B. 2787 -- “A BILL to repeal §30-18-2, §30-18-3, §30-18-4, §30-18-5, §30-18-6, §30-18-7, §30-18-8, §30-18-9, §30-18-10, §30-18-11 §30-18-12, and §30-18-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §15-14-1, §15-14-2, §15-14-3, §15-14-4, §15-14-5, §15-14-6, §15-14-7, §15-14-8, §15-14-9, §15-14-10, §15-14-11 §15-14-12, §15-14-13, §15-14-14, §15-14-15, §15-14-16, §15-14-17, §15-14-18 and §15-14-19; and to amend and reenact §30-18-1, all relating to transferring private security services from the Secretary of State to the West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services; license requirement; authority of the Director of the West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services; rulemaking requirements; the creation of the West Virginia Private Security Fund; use of the West Virginia Private Security Fund; eligibility requirements for licensure of private investigators and security services; application requirements for license to do business as a private investigator or security services; requirements of employees under firm license; license renewal requirements; complaint and investigation procedures; due process requirements; grounds for disciplinary action; hearing procedures; judicial review; criminal sanctions; providing that a single act may be evidence of pattern of practice; action for damages; and requiring a report to the Joint Committee on Government Organization.”