Committee gives due-pass recommendation to bill setting fees for online security-apprentice training and corporate-officer renewals

The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted 5-0 to give a due-pass recommendation on House Bill 1045 at a committee hearing. The measure would authorize the North Dakota Private Investigative and Security Board to charge an application fee for non-live online classroom training for apprentice security officers and to impose renewal and late fees for nonlicensed officers and agency owners with at least a 10% ownership interest.

John Shorey, executive director of the North Dakota Private Investigative and Security Board, told the committee the bill would add two subsections to North Dakota Century Code section 40-33-16. Shorey said the board adopted an administrative rule after the COVID‑19 pandemic allowing non-live remote or online apprentice training through an already board‑certified security trainer (North Dakota Administrative Code 93-02-02.1-17), and…