CHAPTER 298
H.P. 398 - L.D. 519
An Act to Amend the Licensing Provisions for Private Investigators
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §8103, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 126, §2, is amended to read:
1. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee.
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §8105, sub-§5, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 126, §2, is amended to read:
E. Answers to the following questions:
(1) Are you currently under indictment or information for a crime for which the possible penalty is imprisonment for in excess of a period equal to or exceeding one year?
(2) Have you ever been convicted of a crime for which the possible penalty exceeded was imprisonment for a period equal to or exceeding one year in prison?
(3) Are you a fugitive from justice?
(4) Are you an unlawful user of or addicted to marijuana or any other drug?
(5) Have you been adjudged mentally defective or been committed to a mental institution within the past 5 years? or
(6) Are you an illegal alien?
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §8105, sub-§7-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 602, §2, is further amended to read:
A. Has been employed for consideration for a minimum of one year 1,700 hours as an investigative assistant possessing a valid license issued by the commissioner. The 1,700 hours must have been completed within 2 years after the date of issuance of the investigative assistant license but may not have been completed in less than one year after the date of issuance of the license;
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §8113, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 207, §2 and as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §78 and affected by §80, is further amended to read:
The commissioner may, after a notice of an opportunity for hearing in conformance with the provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter IV, refuse to issue or renew a license. The District Court may suspend or revoke the license of any person licensed under this chapter. The following shall be are grounds for an action to refuse to issue, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of a person licensed under this chapter:
Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §8113, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 207, §2, is amended to read:
7. Employment of prohibited person. Employment, in connection with a private investigation business, in any capacity, or of any person who has been convicted of a felony crime punishable by imprisonment for one year or more or any former licensee whose license has been revoked; or
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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