NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 814

SENATE BILL 734

 

 

AN ACT TO REVISE THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 66-49.2(2) is hereby amended by adding a new sub-subdivision to read as follows:

"bl.       Engaging in the operation of a polygraph device, for which the Director is hereby authorized to establish standards for qualification, including standards as to educational background, special training or experience."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 66-49.2 is further amended by adding after the word "relationship" at the end of sub-subdivision d. the following: "unless the employer is in the detective business".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 66-49.2 is hereby further amended by adding after the word "duties" at the end of sub-subdivision e. the following: "and within the course and scope of his employment with the United States, the State, or any political subdivision".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 6649.3(a) is hereby amended by adding after the word "make" in line two thereof the words "a verified".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 6649.3(b) is amended by adding after the word "address" in subdivision (4) the words: "and verified signatures".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 6649.3(e) is hereby amended by adding after the word "A" at the beginning of subdivision (3): "reputation for a".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 6649.4(b) is amended by deleting the words "one year" in the first line thereof and substituting therefor "two years".G.S. 66-49.4(b) is further amended by deleting from the second line of the subsection the word "next" and substituting therefor "two years" and by inserting after the word "thereof in the same line the words "for a two-year period".

Sec. 8.  G.S. 6649.4 is further amended by adding a new subsection (bl) to read as follows:

"(bl)      The fee for a license shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be expended, under the direction of the Director, for the purposes of defraying the expenses of administering this Article."

Sec. 9.  A new G.S. 66-49.5A is hereby enacted to read as follows:

"§ 66-49.5A.  Registration of persons employed. — All persons employing other- persons licensed by this Article shall, within 10 days of the beginning of employment of a person, furnish the Director with the name, photograph and fingerprints of the employee and shall, within 10 days of the termination of employment of any person, advise the Director in writing of the name of the person whose employment was terminated."

Sec. 10.  G.S. 66-49.6(c) is hereby amended by adding after the word "revocation" in the first line of the subsection the words "or suspension". G.S. 66-49.6(c) is further amended by striking the remainder of the subsection beginning with the word "within" in line four of the subsection and substituting in lieu thereof "as provided in Chapter 150 of the General Statutes except that the appeal shall be filed in Superior Court of Wake County."

Sec. 11.  The catchline to G.S. 66-49.7 is hereby changed to "Prohibited acts."

Sec. 12.  G.S. 66-49.7(e) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof:

"The operator or manager of any branch office shall be a licensed detective."

Sec. 13.  G.S. 66-49.7 is further amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as follows:

"(f)       No licensee shall hold a commission as a company or special police. The issuance of such a commission to a licensee shall automatically revoke the license of the licensee without the necessity of a hearing."

Sec. 14.  G.S. 105-42 is hereby amended by adding at the end of the section the following: "No license shall be issued pursuant to this section until the applicant exhibits an original or certified copy of the license required by G.S. 66-49.1 which is current and has been issued to the applicant."

Sec. 15.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1971.