18-3A-07.

(a) Unless a registration is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this
section, the registration expires on April 1 of the first odd-numbered year after the
effective date of the registration.

(b) At least 1 month before a registration expires, the Secretary shall mail to
the registrant, at the last known address of the registrant:

(1) a renewal application form; and

(2) a notice that states:

(i) the date on which the current registration expires;

(ii) the date by which the Secretary must receive the renewal
application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the registration expires;
and

(iii) the amount of the renewal fee.

(c) Before the registration expires, the registrant periodically may renew it for
an additional 2-year term, if the registrant:

(1) otherwise is entitled to be registered;

(2) pays to the Secretary a renewal fee that is the higher of $15 or an
amount the Secretary determines based on actual processing costs;

(3) pays the cost of any background checks; [and]

(4) IF A NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK IS REQUIRED, PAYS TO
THE SECRETARY OR TO THE LICENSED SECURITY SYSTEMS AGENCY WHICH
EMPLOYS OR INTENDS TO EMPLOY THE REGISTRANT AS A SECURITY SYSTEMS
TECHNICIAN, FOR FORWARDING TO THE SECRETARY, THE MANDATORY PROCESSING
FEE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE RECORDS
CHECK; AND

[(4)] (5) submits to the Secretary:

(i) a renewal application on the form that the Secretary provides;

(ii) a set of legible fingerprints of the registrant on forms approved
by the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository and the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and

(iii) satisfactory evidence of compliance with any other
requirements under this section for renewal of registration.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary shall
conduct a [State and] national criminal records check for each registrant who applies
for a renewal of registration.