Since engaging in business as a private detective or investigator without a license is a misdemeanor under current law, there are no statewide data to indicate how many offenders a year are convicted of the crime. Offenders receive up to 90 days' incarceration or probation, and local units incur the costs. Changing this offense to a Class F felony would make the minimum sentencing range 0-3 months to 17-30 months. If an offender's longest allowable minimum sentence did not exceed 18 months, he or she would be sentenced to probation or incarceration in a local facility. Local units still would be responsible for the cost of incarceration, which varies by county from $27 to $65 per day, while the State would become responsible for the costs of $4.38 per day for felony probation. If an offender received a maximum minimum sentence of more than 18 months, he or she would be eligible for a prison sentence in a State facility. The State would incur the cost of felony probation as well as that of incarceration, at an average annual cost of $25,000.