qualifications meet standards established by the State reg-
ulatory agency.
SEC. 8. STATE ISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION PERMITS TO
PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS.
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF REGISTRA-
TION PERMITS.—A State shall have in effect requirements
for issuing and renewing, upon application, a private secu-
rity officer’s registration permit for a 2-year period. Such
requirements shall include—
(1) methods for a private security officer, or
such officer’s employer (if any), to certify completion
of the requirements in effect to comply with sections
6 and 7,
(2) a requirement that the certification required
by section 7(c) be included in the application for the
issuance or renewal of such permit, and
(3) a requirement that an individual not be is-
sued a private security officer’s registration permit,
or assigned by an employer to duty, as a private se-
curity officer if, within the 10-year period ending on
the date of application for such permit or the date
of such assignment, as the case may be, such indi-
vidual was—
(A) convicted of a felony,
(B) incarcerated, placed on probation, or
paroled as a result of conviction of a felony, or
(C) convicted of a misdemeanor that, in
the discretion of the State regulatory agency,
bears such a relationship to the performance of
security services as to constitute a disqualifica-
tion for a private security officer’s registration
permit.
(b) LIMITATION ON FEES FOR ISSUANCE OF REG-
ISTRATION PERMITS.—A State may not impose on private
security officers a registration permit issuance fee in ex-
cess of the prorated direct costs of administering the re-
quirements described in subsection (a).
(c) DENIAL OF REGISTRATION PERMIT.—If a State
denies, for any reason, an application for the issuance or
renewal of a private security officer’s registration permit,
then, not later than 10 days after denial of such applica-
tion, the State regulatory agency shall give written notice
to the applicant and the applicant’s employer (if any)
specifying the reasons for denial.
SEC. 9. WAIVER.
On the request of an employer, a State shall waive
the preassignment screening requirements described in
section 6(a), and the training requirements described in
section 7(a), with respect to a private security officer if—
(1) such officer holds a valid security officer’s
registration permit issued or renewed by the State in
which such officer will perform security services for
such employer, and
(2) the immediately preceding employer of such
officer satisfied all such requirements with respect to
the most recent application for the issuance or re-
newal of such permit.
SEC. 10. GRACE PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE OF NEW REGISTRA-
TION PERMITS TO PRIVATE SECURITY OFFI-
CERS WHO HOLD CURRENT PERMITS.
Until—
(1) January 1, 1997, or
(2) the expiration of the 2-year period begin-
ning on the date a State initially puts into effect a
program that satisfies the requirements of sections
6, 7, and 8,
whichever is later, such sections shall not apply with re-
spect to the issuance of a registration permit to a private
security officer who holds a private security officer’s reg-
istration permit that is valid without regard to the oper-
ation of this Act.
SEC. 11. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.
A State shall have in effect a law that makes invalid
and unenforceable any limitation imposed by an employer
on the right of an employee to seek or obtain subsequent
employment as a private security officer after voluntary
or involuntary termination of employment by such em-
ployer.
SEC. 12. NOTICE OF CRIMINAL CHARGE.
A State shall have in effect requirements regarding
criminal charges made against a private security officer,
including the following, at a minimum:
(1) If a private security officer is charged with
a felony or misdemeanor, such officer shall notify
such officer’s employer (if any) not later than 48
hours after the charge is made.
(2) An employer who has knowledge that its
employee has been so charged shall report the fact
of such charge to the State regulatory agency not
later than 2 business days after acquiring such
knowledge.
(3) The registration permit of such officer may
be suspended by such agency pending disposition of
the charge.
(4) Upon conviction of a felony, the State shall
revoke the registration permit of such officer.
(5) Upon conviction of such misdemeanor, such
State may revoke such permit.
SEC. 13. PENALTIES.
A State shall have in effect a law that authorizes the
imposition of a penalty for each violation of the require-
ment imposed by the State to satisfy a condition of eligi-
bility specified in section 4(a), including the following, at
a minimum:
(1) After notice, and a public hearing if re-
quested by an employer or a proprietary security
manager charged with such violation, a daily mone-
tary penalty for each day on which violation contin-
ues.
(2) If such violation continues after imposition
of a monetary penalty described in paragraph (1),
and after notice and a hearing described in such
paragraph, suspension or revocation of a registration
permit issued as described in section 5(a).
(3) Prosecution of an individual of a mis-
demeanor for submitting an application for employ-
ment as a private security officer, for the issuance
of a private security officer’s registration permit, or
for renewal of such permit, if such individual know-
ingly included false information in such application.
(4) After notice, and a public hearing if re-
quested by a private security officer, suspension or
revocation of such officer’s registration permit issued
or renewed as a result of application if such officer