Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9404 – License requirement; exceptions
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1. No person may act as a security guard without first obtaining from the commissioner a license to be a contract security company.
[PL 1981, c. 113, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9404
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract security company: means any person engaged in the business of providing, or who undertakes to provide, a security guard for another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
- Employee: means a natural person who performs one or more security guard functions under a contract of hire between the natural person and a contract security company or between the natural person and a proprietary security organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
- Person: means any natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation or any employee or agent thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
- Proprietary security organization: means any organization or department of that organization which provides fulltime security guards solely for itself. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
- Security guard: means any person who, for any consideration whatsoever, performs any of the following functions:
2. This section does not apply to the following:
A. Any proprietary security organization or any employee thereof; [PL 1987, c. 170, §6 (AMD).]
B. Any person employed by a person possessing a valid license to be a contract security company; [PL 1981, c. 113, §2 (NEW).]
C. Any person possessing a valid contract security company license granted under any prior existing provision of law of this State, provided that upon expiration of that license the person shall be governed by this section. [PL 1981, c. 113, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 1981, c. 113, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 113, §2 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 170, §6 (AMD).