South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 355


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      355
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010220
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilson
All Sponsors:                     Wilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11237ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 
                                  SLCI
Subject:                          Security businesses, contract and 
                                  proprietary; Private investigation businesses; 
                                  licensure fees; Law Enforcement


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010220  Introduced, read first time,           12 SLCI
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-18-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF CONTRACT SECURITY BUSINESSES, SECTION 40-18-60, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF PROPRIETARY SECURITY BUSINESSES, AND SECTION 40-18-70, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATION BUSINESSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE INITIAL LICENSURE FEES FOR THESE BUSINESSES IS THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE FEE FOR ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWAL IS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 40-18-50(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 372 of 2000, is amended to read:

"(A) Any person engaged in the contract security business in an individual, self-employed capacity, or as an officer or principal of a corporation, or who furnishes security officers for a fee must make application in writing to SLED for a contract security business license and pay an initial license fee of three hundred dollars and an annual license fee which must be set by regulation of one hundred dollars.

(1) If the applicant company is an association or corporation, the chief executive officer of the association or corporation must be the applicant or must designate in writing the corporate officer or principal who is the applicant.

(2) If the applicant company is a partnership, each partner must complete an application form.

(3) The application for license must be made, under oath, on a form approved by SLED. The application must state the applicant's full name, age, date and place of birth, current residence address, residence addresses for the past ten years, employment for the past ten years, including names and addresses of employers, the applicant's current occupation, including the name and address of the current employer, the date and place of any arrests, any convictions for violations of federal or state laws, and any additional information SLED may require. Each applicant must submit with the application one complete set of the applicant's fingerprints on forms specified and furnished by SLED and one color photograph of the applicant's full face, without head covering, taken within six months of the application."

SECTION 2. Section 40-18-60(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 372 of 2000, is amended to read:

"(A) An employer who utilizes a person who is armed, uniformed, or has been delegated arrest authority for work on the employer's premises in connection with the affairs of the employer must make application to SLED for a proprietary security business license and pay an initial license fee of three hundred dollars and an annual license fee, set by SLED regulation of one hundred dollars.

(1) If the applicant is an association or corporation, the chief executive officer of the association or corporation must be the applicant or must designate in writing the corporate officer or principal who is the applicant.

(2) If the applicant is a partnership, all partners must complete an application form.

(3) The application for license must be made, under oath, on a form approved by SLED. The application must state the applicant's full name, age, date and place of birth, current residence address, residence addresses for the past ten years, employment for the past ten years, including names and addresses of employers, the applicant's current occupation with the name and address of the current employer, the date and place of any arrests, any convictions for violations of federal or state laws, and any additional information as SLED may require. Each applicant must submit with the application one complete set of the applicant's fingerprints on forms specified and furnished by SLED and one color photograph of the applicant's full face, without head covering, taken within six months of the application."

SECTION 3. Section 40-18-70(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 372 of 2000, is amended to read:

"(C) Upon receiving the application, bond, and license fee and upon satisfaction after investigation of the competency and integrity and qualifications of the applicant, SLED must grant a license to the applicant to conduct the private investigation business stated in the application. Licensure is for one year and application for renewal must be on a form approved by SLED. The initial license fee is three hundred dollars and the annual renewal license fee is one hundred dollars for conducting a private investigation business must be set by regulation."

SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2001.

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