Senate Bill S4996

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exemptions for the licensure of private investigators

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7691 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7691
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง83, Gen Bus L

2015-S4996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exemptions for the licensure of private investigators.

2015-S4996 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4996

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. VENDITTO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to exemptions  for
  the licensure of private investigators

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 83 of the general business law, as amended by chap-
ter 562 of the laws of  2000,  and  the  opening  paragraph  as  further
amended  by  section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  S 83. Application of article. Nothing in this article shall  apply  to
any  detective or officer belonging to the police force of the state, or
any county, city, town or village thereof, appointed or elected  by  due
authority  of law, or to any person in the employ of any police force or
police department of the state, or of any county, city, town or  village
thereof  while  engaged in the performance of their official duties; nor
to any person, firm,  limited  liability  company,  partnership,  corpo-
ration,  or  any  bureau  or  agency,  whose business is exclusively the
furnishing of information as to the business and financial standing, and
credit responsibility of persons, firms, or corporations, or as  to  the
personal  habits  and  financial responsibility of applicants for insur-
ance, indemnity bonds or commercial credit or of claimants under  insur-
ance policies, NOR TO ANY PERSON LICENSED AS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNT-
ANT  WHILE  ENGAGED  IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS DEFINED IN
ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY FIRM, LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY, PARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION REGISTERED AS A  CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION WHILE PERFORMING
SERVICES REGULATED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION
LAW  OR PART 70 OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; and
whose business does not embrace other activities  described  in  section
seventy-one  of  this  article;  or  whose  business  is licensed by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10699-01-5
              

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