Section 324.603

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 324

Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  324.603.  Board created, members, qualifications, terms, vacancies, expenses. — 1. The "Board of Licensed Private Fire Investigator Examiners" is hereby created within the division of fire safety. The board shall be composed of six members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The board shall consist of:

  (1) The state fire marshal, or his or her designee;

  (2) A representative of a private fire investigation agency;

  (3) A representative of the insurance industry;

  (4) A representative of the Missouri chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators;

  (5) A representative of the Professional Fire and Fraud Investigators Association;

  (6) A representative of the Kansas City Arson Task Force; and

  (7) One person who is an independent private fire investigator.

  2. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of this state, at least thirty years of age, and shall have been actively engaged in fire investigation for the previous five years. No more than one board member shall be employed by or affiliated with the same licensed private fire investigation agency. The initial board members shall not be required to be licensed but shall obtain a license within one hundred eighty days after appointment to the board.

  3. The members of the board shall be appointed for terms of three years, except those first appointed, in which case two members shall be appointed for terms of three years, two members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and two members shall be appointed for a one-year term. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term of that member. The members of the board shall serve without pay, but they shall receive per diem expenses in an equivalent amount as allowed for members of the general assembly.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 1195 § 324.933)