Report Title:

Detective & guards; licensing

Description:

Repeals the requirement that principal detectives and principal guards must be residents of the State to qualify for licensure. Codifies the policy of allowing out-of-state principal detectives and principal guards to be licensed, provided they are fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees when detective services are being provided in the State. Allows an agency to emply more than one principal detective or principal guard.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2332

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PRINCIPAL PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARDS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 463-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) No firm shall engage in the business of private detective, represent itself to be, hold itself out as, list itself as, or advertise as a private detective agency or as furnishing detective or investigating services without first obtaining a license as a private detective agency from the board and paying the application and license fees. A detective agency shall have in its employ [a] at least one principal detective who shall be [a resident of the State.] fully responsible for the direct management and control of the detective agency and the agency's employees when detective services are being provided."

SECTION 2. Section 463-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) No firm shall engage in the business of guard for the purpose of protecting persons or property or to prevent theft or unlawful taking of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, documents, or other articles of value for hire or reward or represent itself to be, hold itself out as, list itself as, or advertise as a guard agency without first obtaining a license as a guard agency from the board and paying the application and license fees. A guard agency shall have in its employ [a] at least one principal guard who shall be [a resident of the State.] fully responsible for the direct management and control of the guard agency and the agency's employees when guard services are being provided."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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