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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 86
BY SENATOR EDMONDS
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS. Provides for an increase in licensing fees for private
investigators. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3516(A)(1) and (2), relative to the Louisiana State Board of
3 Private Investigator Examiners; to increase certain licensing fees; to provide for
4 terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:3516(A)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง3516. Fees
9 A. The board shall assess the following schedule of fees which shall not be
10 refundable:
11 (1) Private investigator agency:
12 (a) Application fee - $50.00.
13 (b) Examination fee - $50.00 $100.00.
14 (c) Reexamination fee - $25.00 $50.00.
15 (d) Initial license fee - $250.00 $300.00.
16 (e) Annual renewal license fee - $250.00 $300.00.
17 (f) Replacement fee for a lost, destroyed, or mutilated license - $25.00.
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1 (2) Private investigator or apprentice investigator:
2 (a) Application fee - $50.00.
3 (b) Examination fee - $50.00 $100.00.
4 (c) Reexamination fee - $25.00 $50.00.
5 (d) Initial license fee per investigator individual or apprentice - $100.00
6 $150.00.
7 (e) Annual renewal license fee - $100.00 $150.00.
8 * * *
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SB 86 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Edmonds
Present law requires the La. State Board of Private Investigator Examiners (board) to assess
the following nonrefundable fees on a private investigator agency:
(1)Application fee - $50.00.
(2)Examination fee - $50.00.
(3)Reexamination fee - $25.00.
(4)Initial license fee - $250.00.
(5)Annual Renewal license fee - $250.00.
(6)Replacement fee for a lost, destroyed, or mutilated license - $25.00.
Proposed law retains present law application fee and license replacement fee and increases
the examination fee from $50 to $100, the reexamination fee from $25 to $50, the initial
license fee from $250 to $300, and the annual renewal license fee from $250 to $300.
Present law requires the board to assess the following nonrefundable fees on a private
investigator or apprentice investigator:
(1)Application fee - $50.00.
(2)Examination fee - $50.00.
(3)Reexamination fee - $25.00.
(4)Initial license fee per investigator or apprentice - $100.00.
(5)Annual Renewal license fee - $100.00.
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Proposed law retains present law application fee and increases the examination fee from $50
to $100, the reexamination fee from $25 to $50, the initial license fee per individual or
apprentice from $100 to $150 and the annual renewal license fee from $100 to $150.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 37:3516(A)(1) and (2))
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.