98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1853
 
Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Tim Bivins
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
225 ILCS 447/31-5

     Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides an exemption from the requirements of fingerprint vendors to any member of local law enforcement (A) in the performance of his or her duties and (B) within a county without a local fingerprint vendor. Provides that local law enforcement agencies may charge a reasonable fee related to the cost of offering fingerprinting services. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private 
5Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is 
6amended  by changing Section 31-5 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 447/31-5)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
9    Sec. 31-5. Exemptions. The provisions of this Act regarding 
10fingerprint vendors do not apply to any of the following, if 
11the person performing the service does not hold himself or 
12herself out as a fingerprint vendor or fingerprint vendor 
13agency:
14        (1) An employee of the United States, Illinois, or a 
15    political subdivision, including public school districts, 
16    of either while the employee is engaged in the performance 
17    of his or her official duties within the scope of  his or 
18    her employment. However, any such person who offers his or 
19    her services as a fingerprint vendor or uses a similar 
20    title when these services are performed for compensation or 
21    other consideration, whether received directly or 
22    indirectly, is subject to this Act.
23        (2) A person employed exclusively by only one employer 
 
 
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1    in connection with the exclusive activities of that 
2    employer, provided that person does not hold himself or 
3    herself out to the public as a fingerprint vendor.

4        (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, 
5    any member of local law enforcement (A) in the performance 
6    of his or her duties and (B) within a county without a 
7    local fingerprint vendor. Nothing in this Act shall 
8    prohibit local law enforcement agencies from charging a 
9    reasonable fee related to the cost of offering 
10    fingerprinting services. 
11(Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.