Chapter 363 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 203

Relating to Oregon Board of Investigators; amending ORS 703.425 and 703.435.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 703.425 is amended to read:

703.425. (1) An application for an investigator's license or operative's registration shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the Oregon Board of Investigators and signed under oath, stating the applicant's:

(a) Name;

(b) Birthdate;

(c) Citizenship;

(d) Physical description;

(e) Current residence;

(f) Residence for the preceding 10 years;

(g) Current employment;

(h) Employment for the preceding 10 years;

(i) Experience qualifications;

(j) Education;

(k) Business address, which may be a post office box; and

(L) Any other information required by the board.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by:

(a) The application fee as prescribed by the board by rule;

(b) [Two copies of a] Recent [photograph] photographs of the applicant[, measuring two inches by three inches, one to be mounted on an identification card and one to be retained by the board] as prescribed by the board by rule to be used for an identification card and for the files of the board;

(c) Three complete sets of the applicant's fingerprints;

(d) Three professional references, none of which may be from a person who is related to the applicant by blood or marriage;

(e) Proof of a corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit issued by a commercial bank as defined in ORS 706.005 or such other security as the board may prescribe by rule in the sum of $5,000. Failure to maintain a bond or letter of credit shall be grounds for revocation or denial of renewal of a license or registration; and

(f) Proof of a passing score on the test of professional investigative ethics administered or approved by the board.

(3) All applicants must disclose any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a license or registration under ORS 703.465. The board must conduct a special review of any applicant making a disclosure under this subsection.

(4) The board shall forward a copy of the application to the Department of State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification and shall request that the bureau make an investigation of the applicant to determine whether the applicant has committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a license or registration under ORS 703.465.

SECTION 2. ORS 703.435 is amended to read:

703.435. (1) When issuing an investigator's license or operative's registration, the Oregon Board of Investigators shall also issue an identification card of a size, design and content as may be determined by the board by rule.

(2) Any person licensed or registered by this state as an investigator or operative shall carry at all times, while engaged in the practice of investigating, the identification card issued under this section.

(3) In order to renew an unexpired identification card, the cardholder shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay the renewal fee.

(4) Identification cards remain the property of this state and must be returned to the board within 15 business days after:

(a) Failure to renew an investigator's license or operative's registration;

(b) Revocation or suspension of a license or registration by the board; or

(c) Termination of employment for a registered operative.

(5) In the event of loss or destruction of an identification card, the cardholder may apply to the board for a replacement of the card, stating the circumstances of the loss or destruction. The [application shall be accompanied by a recent photograph of the cardholder, measuring two inches by three inches,] cardholder shall provide recent photographs of the cardholder and a card replacement application fee as prescribed by the board by rule.

Approved by the Governor June 28, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 29, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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