324.603. Board created, members, qualifications, terms, vacancies, expenses. - Missouri Statutes

Board created, members, qualifications, terms, vacancies, expenses.

324.603. 1. The "Board of Licensed Private Fire InvestigatorExaminers" is hereby created within the division of fire safety. The boardshall be composed of six members appointed by the governor, with the adviceand 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 InternationalAssociation of Arson Investigators;

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

(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 beenactively engaged in fire investigation for the previous five years. Nomore than one board member shall be employed by or affiliated with the samelicensed private fire investigation agency. The initial board membersshall not be required to be licensed but shall obtain a license within onehundred eighty days after appointment to the board.

3. The members of the board shall be appointed for terms of threeyears, except those first appointed, in which case two members shall beappointed for terms of three years, two members shall be appointed forterms 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 unexpiredterm of that member. The members of the board shall serve without pay, butthey shall receive per diem expenses in an equivalent amount as allowed formembers of the general assembly.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1195 § 324.933)