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SB 75 (BR 976) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to private investigators.
Amend KRS 329A.010 to remove a sole proprietorship from the definition of "company"; amend KRS 329A.020 and 329A.025 to prohibit a board member from serving if the member no longer meets the necessary qualifications and to permit the board to waive examination based on reciprocity; amend KRS 329A.030 to permit initial fees or the cost of the examination to be paid from the revolving fund; amend KRS 329A.035 to increase the amount of required coverage from $250,000 to $1,000,000 and to require the board to confirm license status of a licensee upon request; amend KRS 329A.040 to decrease the amount of the fee from $500 to $400; amend KRS 329A.070 to reduce the annual number of work hours for employees qualifying for exemption from regulation; amend KRS 329A.080 to add an additional penalty for violations of KRS 329A.015; create a new section of KRS Chapter 329A to impose a penalty on those who knowingly hire or contract with an unlicensed investigator or private investigating company; create noncodified sections to extend the time a company or an individual may be licensed based on experience; require that excess fees be refunded by the board to the applicants.
SB 75 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Amend KRS 329A.035 to restore the insurance minimum requirement to $250,000 and to add a requirement for an applicant to show proof of current national certification from either the National Association of Fire Investigators or the International Association of Arson Investigators in order to be licensed as a private investigator who conducts arson investigations; amend 329A.040 to require only an individual private investigator's license for any company whose workforce is comprised of only 1 person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 329A to require a private investigator who conducts arson investigations to be licensed and certified; create noncodified sections to require a company or an individual who applies for a license based on experience to make such an application within 60 days after the effective date of this Act; to require that renewal fees be reduced for the first renewal after the effective date of this Act; and to declare an emergency.
SCA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Amend to include the intention to conduct fire investigations regarding a private investigator's license application.
SFA (2, R. Stivers) - Amend KRS 329.070 to exclude an authorized agent of an attorney-at-law from provisions of KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090.
HCS - Retain original provisions; add language limiting the scope of an attorney's authorized agent's exemption to document and record retrieval and interviewing witness; make technical corrections.
HFA (1, J. Barrows) - Retain original provisions and amend KRS 199.570 to specify that adoption records shall not be disclosed to any person or entity except those licensed under KRS Chapter 329A or by court order; amend KRS 199.572 to specify that if the cabinet utilizes the services of another person or entity to perform searches of adoption records the cabinet shall contract with a person or entity licensed under KRS Chapter 329A and require contact with biological parent to be made by the cabinet only; amend KRS 199.990 to include a violation of KRS 199.572.
HFA (2/P, J. Barrows) - Retain original provisions and exclude professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or their employees from licensure under KRS Chapter 329A; add new sections to amend KRS 199.570 to specify that adoption records shall not be disclosed to any person or entity except those licensed under KRS Chapter 329A or by court order; amend KRS 199.572 to specify that if the cabinet utilizes the services of another person or entity to perform searches of adoption records the cabinet shall contract with a person or entity licensed under KRS Chapter 329A and require contact with biological parent to be made by the cabinet only; amend KRS 199.990 to include a violation of KRS 199.572.
Jan 9-introduced in Senate
Jan 14-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 5-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Feb 10-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 11-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 12-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 13-floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 19-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Mar 4-posted in committee
Mar 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 18, 2004
Mar 18-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 22-floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 25-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) ; received in Senate
Mar 29-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) for Monday, March 29, 2004; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) ; Conference Committee appointed in Senate; received in House
Apr 13-House refused to recede from Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) ; received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) ; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) ; bill passed 36-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Apr 22-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 186)
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