Plain English Breakdown
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Private Investigator Service Agreements in Client Languages
This law requires private investigators to provide service agreements and any changes to them in a client's preferred language if the client primarily speaks a language other than English.
What This Bill Does
- Requires licensed private investigators to give clients copies of their initial service agreement, amendments, addendums, or modifications in the client's preferred language when the client primarily speaks a non-English language.
- States that breaking this specific rule is not considered a crime under the Private Investigator Act.
Who It Names or Affects
- Licensed private investigators who provide services to clients.
- Clients of private investigators whose primary language is not English.
- The Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, which regulates these licenses.
Terms To Know
- Licensee
- A person or business that holds an official license to work as a private investigator.
- Client service agreement
- The written contract between the client and the private investigator, which must be legible and clearly show any other documents included in it.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
- The bill does not explain how investigators must determine a client's preferred language before providing documents.