HB4749 S GOV AMT #1 3-3

Fletcher  7835

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

Eng. House Bill 4749—A Bill to amend and reenact §30-18-2, §30-18-3, §30-18-5, §30-18-6, §30-18-9, and §30-18-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to providing more efficient application processes for private investigators, security guards, and firms; reducing experience necessary for licensure as private investigator; allowing military service to be included as experience that may be used for licensure; removing conviction for crime involving moral turpitude or dishonesty as disqualification for licensure as private investigator; removing unnecessary requirements for each private investigator and security guard applicant to submit fingerprints and photographs of each applicant to the Secretary of State; permitting private investigators, security guards, and private investigator or security guard firms to obtain liability insurance in lieu of a surety bond; increasing the amount of a surety bond; removing conviction for crime involving moral turpitude or dishonesty as disqualification for licensure as security guard; increasing the licensure renewal term of a private investigator, security guard, and private investigator or security guard firms from one to two years; eliminating disparate application fee for foreign individuals and businesses for private investigator, private investigator firm, security guard, and security guard business licensure; and limiting amount of renewal fee.

Adopted

Rejected