HB420 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Private Investigation Board licenses private investigators

This bill would provide further for the qualifications for licensure as a private investigator

This bill would clarify those fees collected by the board that must be deposited into the Board of Private Investigation Fund

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

This bill would provide for administrative penalties against any person practicing without a license

This bill would clarify that the number of hours of continuing education required to maintain licensure is 16 hours during the two-year license period

This bill would create a private investigator apprentice license that would allow apprentices to gain work experience through an internship

This bill would authorize the board to issue a private investigator license to a licensed private investigator apprentice who successfully completes an internship in a specified time and passes an examination

This bill would require private investigation agencies that do business within the state to be licensed by the board and meet certain requirements

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to private investigation licensure; to designate as Article 1, Sections 34-25B-1 to 34-25B-29, inclusive, Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 34-25B-2, 34-25B-3, 34-25B-4, 34-25B-7, 34-25B-8, 34-25B-10, 34-25B-11, 34-25B-12, 34-25B-13, 34-25B-14, 34-25B-17, 34-25B-18, 34-25B-21, 34-25B-22, and 34-25B-26, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 34-25B-12.1 and add a new Article 2, commencing with Section 34-25B-40 to Title 34, Chapter 25B of the Code of Alabama 1975; 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; to clarify that the number of hours of continuing education required to maintain licensure is 16 hours during the two-year license period; to license private investigator apprentices and allow apprentices to gain work experience through an internship; to provide for licensure of apprentices as private investigators after completing certain requirements; to provide for licensure of private investigation agencies that do business in the state; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.