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Timestamp: 2019-11-17 00:11:54
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74']

§ 74D-2. License requirements.
(1) The business entity shall employ a designated qualifying agent who meets the requirements for a license issued under and who is, in fact, licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, unless otherwise approved by the Board. Service upon the qualifying agent appointed by the business entity of any process, notice or demand required by or permitted by law to be served upon the business entity by the Alarm Systems Licensing Board shall be binding upon the licensed business entity. Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a business entity in any other manner or hereafter permitted by law.
(f) Confidentiality. - Except for purposes of administering the provisions of this section and for law enforcement purposes, the home address or telephone number of an applicant, licensee, or the spouse, children, or parents of an applicant or licensee is confidential under G.S. 132-1.2, and the Board shall not disclose this information unless the applicant or licensee consents to the disclosure. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when a licensee's home address or telephone number is also the licensee's business address and telephone number. Violation of this subsection shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1983, c. 786, s. 1; 1985, c. 561, s. 1; 1989, c. 730, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 953, s. 1; 1999-446, s. 2; 2002-147, s. 4; 2009-328, s. 15; 2009-557, s. 1; 2017-211, s. 5(a).)
§ 74D-2.1. Criminal background checks.
(a) Authorization. - Upon receipt of an application for a license or registration, the Board shall conduct a background investigation to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements for a license or registration as set out in G.S. 74D-2(d). The Department of Public Safety may provide a criminal record check to the Board for a person who has applied for a new or renewal license or registration through the Board. The Board shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of a new applicant, and the Department of Public Safety shall provide a criminal record check based upon the applicant's fingerprints. The Board may request a criminal record check from the Department of Public Safety for a renewal applicant based upon the applicant's fingerprints in accordance with policy adopted by the Board. The Board shall provide any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety and a form signed by the applicant consenting to the check of the criminal record and to the use of the fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or national repositories. The applicant's fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The Department of Public Safety may charge each applicant a fee for conducting the checks of criminal history records authorized by this subsection.
(b) Confidentiality. - The Board shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential in accordance with applicable State law and federal guidelines, and the information shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (2009-328, s. 16; 2014-100, s. 17.1(o).)
(b) The Board shall consist of seven members: the Secretary of Public Safety or his designee; two persons appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be licensed under this Chapter and one of whom shall be a public member; two persons appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in accordance with G.S. 120-121, one of whom shall be licensed under this Chapter and one of whom shall be a public member; and two persons appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with G.S. 120-121, one of whom shall be licensed under this Chapter and one of whom shall be a public member.
(h) The Board shall pay the appropriate State agency for the use of physical facilities and services provided to it by the State. (1983, c. 786, s. 1; 1985, c. 561, s. 4; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1026, s. 18; 1989, c. 730, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 953, s. 3; 1995, c. 490, s. 6; 2011-145, s. 16.3(b); 2014-100, s. 17.5(e).)
The position of Director of the Alarm Systems Licensing Board is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety. The Secretary of Public Safety shall appoint a person to fill this full-time position. The Director's duties shall be to administer the directives contained in this Chapter and the rules promulgated by the Board to implement this Chapter and to carry out the administrative duties incident to the functioning of the Board in order to actively police the alarm systems industry to insure compliance with the law in all aspects. The Director may issue a temporary grant or denial of a request for registration subject to final action by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting. (1985, c. 561, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 953, s. 4; 1999-456, s. 22; 2001-487, s. 65(a); 2014-100, s. 17.5(f).)
§ 74D-5.2. Investigative powers of the Secretary of Public Safety.
The Secretary of Public Safety shall have the power to investigate or cause to be investigated any complaints, allegations, or suspicions of wrongdoing or violations of this Chapter involving individuals licensed, or to be licensed, under this Chapter. Any investigation conducted pursuant to this section is deemed confidential and is not subject to review under G.S. 132-1 until the investigation is complete and a report is presented to the Board. However, the report may be released to the licensee after the investigation is complete but before the report is presented to the Board. (1985, c. 561, s. 5; 2009-557, s. 3; 2014-100, s. 17.5(g).)
(a) (1) A licensee of an alarm systems business shall register with the Board within 30 days after the employment begins, all of the following employees that are within the State, unless in the discretion of the Director, the time period is extended for good cause:
(d) If all required documents, properly completed, have been submitted to the Board no later than 20 days after an employee begins employment, the employer of each applicant for registration shall give the applicant a copy of the complete application which the employee can use until a registration card issued by the Board is received. (1983, c. 786, s. 1; 1985, c. 561, s. 6; 1989, c. 730, s. 5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 953, s. 7; 2001-487, s. 65(c); 2009-557, s. 5; 2017-211, s. 5(b); 2018-114, s. 6.)
§ 74D-14. Proof of licensure to maintain or commence action.
An alarm systems business may not maintain any action in any court of the State for the collection of compensation for performing an act for which a license or registration is required by this Chapter without alleging and proving that the alarm systems business is appropriately licensed and the employee or agent of the alarm systems business is appropriately registered upon entering into a contract with the consumer. An alarm systems installation, maintenance, or monitoring contract entered into with a consumer shall be void if the consumer confirms through records maintained by the Board that the alarm systems business is not properly licensed or the consumer establishes through records maintained by the Board that the person enticing the consumer to enter into the contract is not properly registered by the Board. The sale, installation, or service of an alarm system by an unlicensed or unregistered employee shall be deemed an unfair and deceptive trade practice and shall be actionable under Chapter 75 of the General Statutes. (2009-557, s. 8.)
§ 74D-15. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-16. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-17. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-18. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-19. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-20. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-21. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-22. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-23. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-24. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-25. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-26. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-27. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-28. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 74D-29. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Alarm Systems Education Fund.
§ 74D-30. Alarm Systems Education Fund created; payment to Fund; management; use of funds.
(a) There is hereby created and established a special fund to be known as the "Alarm Systems Education Fund" (hereinafter Fund) which shall be set aside and maintained in the office of the State Treasurer. The Fund shall be used in the manner provided in this Article for the education of licensees and registrants.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-557, s. 10, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to licenses or registrations issued or renewed on or after that date.
(1) On July 1, 1985, the Board shall charge every licensee on that date a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00);
(2) The Board shall charge each new applicant for a license fifty dollars ($50.00), provided that for purposes of this Article a new applicant is hereby defined as an applicant who did not possess a license on July 1, 1985; and
(3) The Board is authorized to charge each licensee an additional amount, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), on July 1 of any year in which the balance of the Fund is less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(d) The State Treasurer shall invest and reinvest the moneys in the Fund in a manner provided by law. The Board in its discretion, may use the Fund for any of the following purposes:
(1) To advance education and research in the alarm systems field for the benefit of those licensed under the provisions of this Chapter and for the improvement of the industry,
(2) To underwrite educational seminars, training centers and other educational projects for the use and benefit generally of licensees, and
(3) To sponsor, contract for and to underwrite any and all additional educational training and research projects of a similar nature having to do with the advancement of the alarm systems field in North Carolina. (1985, c. 561, s. 7; 2009-557, s. 10.)
§ 74D-31: Repealed by Session Laws 2009-557, s. 11, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to licenses or registrations issued or renewed on or after that date.
§ 74D-32: Repealed by Session Laws 2009-557, s. 11, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to licenses or registrations issued or renewed on or after that date.
§ 74D-33: Repealed by Session Laws 2009-557, s. 11, effective October 1, 2009, and applicable to licenses or registrations issued or renewed on or after that date.