95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4863

 

Introduced , by Rep. John A. Fritchey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 447/5-10
225 ILCS 447/35-45

    Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides that a commercial or industrial operation that employs less than 5 employees in an armed capacity and that is approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may, but is not required to, register as a proprietary security force. Provides that an armed employee of an operation that elects to register may provide armed employee functions in the performance of his or her overall job duties and is not required to be employed with the operation as an armed employee on a full-time basis.


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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
5 Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
6 amended by changing Sections 5-10 and 35-45 as follows:
 
7     (225 ILCS 447/5-10)
8     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
9     Sec. 5-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10     "Advertisement" means any printed material that is
11 published in a phone book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet,
12 newsletter, or other similar type of publication that is
13 intended to either attract business or merely provide contact
14 information to the public for an agency or licensee.
15 Advertisement shall include any material disseminated by
16 printed or electronic means or media, but shall not include a
17 licensee's or an agency's letterhead, business cards, or other
18 stationery used in routine business correspondence or
19 customary name, address, and number type listings in a
20 telephone directory.
21     "Alarm system" means any system, including an electronic
22 access control system, a surveillance video system, a security
23 video system, a burglar alarm system, a fire alarm system, or

 

 

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1 any other electronic system, that activates an audible,
2 visible, remote, or recorded signal that is designed for the
3 protection or detection of intrusion, entry, theft, fire,
4 vandalism, escape, or trespass.
5     "Armed employee" means a licensee or registered person who
6 is employed by an agency licensed or an armed proprietary
7 security force registered under this Act who carries a weapon
8 while engaged in the performance of official duties within the
9 course and scope of his or her employment during the hours and
10 times the employee is scheduled to work or is commuting between
11 his or her home or place of employment, provided that commuting
12 is accomplished within one hour from departure from home or
13 place of employment.
14     "Armed proprietary security force" means a security force
15 made up of 5 or more armed individuals employed by a private,
16 commercial, or industrial operation or one or more armed
17 individuals employed by a financial institution as security
18 officers for the protection of persons or property or a
19 commercial or industrial operation that elects to register its
20 security force with the Department.
21     "Board" means the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
22 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Board.
23     "Branch office" means a business location removed from the
24 place of business for which an agency license has been issued,
25 including, but not limited to, locations where active employee
26 records that are required to be maintained under this Act are

 

 

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1 kept, where prospective new employees are processed, or where
2 members of the public are invited in to transact business. A
3 branch office does not include an office or other facility
4 located on the property of an existing client that is utilized
5 solely for the benefit of that client and is not owned or
6 leased by the agency.
7     "Canine handler" means a person who uses or handles a
8 trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
9 investigations.
10     "Canine handler authorization card" means a card issued by
11 the Department that authorizes the holder to use or handle a
12 trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
13 investigations during the performance of his or her duties as
14 specified in this Act.
15     "Canine trainer" means a person who acts as a dog trainer
16 for the purpose of training dogs to protect persons or property
17 or to conduct investigations.
18     "Canine trainer authorization card" means a card issued by
19 the Department that authorizes the holder to train a dog to
20 protect persons or property or to conduct investigations during
21 the performance of his or her duties as specified in this Act.
22     "Canine training facility" means a facility operated by a
23 licensed private detective agency or private security agency
24 wherein dogs are trained for the purposes of protecting persons
25 or property or to conduct investigations.
26     "Corporation" means an artificial person or legal entity

 

 

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1 created by or under the authority of the laws of a state,
2 including without limitation a corporation, limited liability
3 company, or any other legal entity.
4     "Department" means the Department of Financial and
5 Professional Regulation.
6     "Employee" means a person who works for a person or agency
7 that has the right to control the details of the work performed
8 and is not dependent upon whether or not federal or state
9 payroll taxes are withheld.
10     "Fingerprint vendor" means a person that offers,
11 advertises, or provides services to fingerprint individuals,
12 through electronic or other means, for the purpose of providing
13 fingerprint images and associated demographic data to the
14 Department of State Police for processing fingerprint based
15 criminal history record information inquiries.
16     "Fingerprint vendor agency" means a person, firm,
17 corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the
18 fingerprint vendor business and employs, in addition to the
19 fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge, at least one other
20 person in conducting that business.
21     "Fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge" means a person who
22 has been designated by a fingerprint vendor agency to be the
23 licensee-in-charge of an agency who is a full-time management
24 employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
25 maintaining all records required by this Act and who assumes
26 sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's

 

 

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1 compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act. The
2 Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
3 participation in agency affairs.
4     "Fire alarm system" means any system that is activated by
5 an automatic or manual device in the detection of smoke, heat,
6 or fire that activates an audible, visible, or remote signal
7 requiring a response.
8     "Firearm control card" means a card issued by the
9 Department that authorizes the holder, who has complied with
10 the training and other requirements of this Act, to carry a
11 weapon during the performance of his or her duties as specified
12 in this Act.
13     "Firm" means an unincorporated business entity, including
14 but not limited to proprietorships and partnerships.
15     "Locksmith" means a person who engages in a business or
16 holds himself out to the public as providing a service that
17 includes, but is not limited to, the servicing, installing,
18 originating first keys, re-coding, repairing, maintaining,
19 manipulating, or bypassing of a mechanical or electronic
20 locking device, access control or video surveillance system at
21 premises, vehicles, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes, or
22 automatic teller machines.
23     "Locksmith agency" means a person, firm, corporation, or
24 other legal entity that engages in the locksmith business and
25 employs, in addition to the locksmith licensee-in-charge, at
26 least one other person in conducting such business.

 

 

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1     "Locksmith licensee-in-charge" means a person who has been
2 designated by agency to be the licensee-in-charge of an agency,
3 who is a full-time management employee or owner who assumes
4 sole responsibility for maintaining all records required by
5 this Act, and who assumes sole responsibility for assuring the
6 licensed agency's compliance with its responsibilities as
7 stated in this Act. The Department shall adopt rules mandating
8 licensee-in-charge participation in agency affairs.
9     "Peace officer" or "police officer" means a person who, by
10 virtue of office or public employment, is vested by law with a
11 duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses,
12 whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to
13 specific offenses. Officers, agents, or employees of the
14 federal government commissioned by federal statute to make
15 arrests for violations of federal laws are considered peace
16 officers.
17     "Permanent employee registration card" means a card issued
18 by the Department to an individual who has applied to the
19 Department and meets the requirements for employment by a
20 licensed agency under this Act.
21     "Person" means a natural person.
22     "Private alarm contractor" means a person who engages in a
23 business that individually or through others undertakes,
24 offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to
25 undertake, or submits a bid to sell, install, design, monitor,
26 maintain, alter, repair, replace, or service alarm and other

 

 

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1 security-related systems or parts thereof, including fire
2 alarm systems, at protected premises or premises to be
3 protected or responds to alarm systems at a protected premises
4 on an emergency basis and not as a full-time security officer.
5 "Private alarm contractor" does not include a person, firm, or
6 corporation that manufactures or sells alarm systems only from
7 its place of business and does not sell, install, monitor,
8 maintain, alter, repair, replace, service, or respond to alarm
9 systems at protected premises or premises to be protected.
10     "Private alarm contractor agency" means a person,
11 corporation, or other entity that engages in the private alarm
12 contracting business and employs, in addition to the private
13 alarm contractor-in-charge, at least one other person in
14 conducting such business.
15     "Private alarm contractor licensee-in-charge" means a
16 person who has been designated by an agency to be the
17 licensee-in-charge of an agency, who is a full-time management
18 employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
19 maintaining all records required by this Act, and who assumes
20 sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
21 compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act. The
22 Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
23 participation in agency affairs.
24     "Private detective" means any person who by any means,
25 including, but not limited to, manual, canine odor detection,
26 or electronic methods, engages in the business of, accepts

 

 

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1 employment to furnish, or agrees to make or makes
2 investigations for a fee or other consideration to obtain
3 information relating to:
4         (1) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the
5     United States, any state or territory of the United States,
6     or any local government of a state or territory.
7         (2) The identity, habits, conduct, business
8     occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge,
9     trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movements,
10     whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions,
11     acts, reputation, or character of any person, firm, or
12     other entity by any means, manual or electronic.
13         (3) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or
14     stolen property.
15         (4) The cause, origin, or responsibility for fires,
16     accidents, or injuries to individuals or real or personal
17     property.
18         (5) The truth or falsity of any statement or
19     representation.
20         (6) Securing evidence to be used before any court,
21     board, or investigating body.
22         (7) The protection of individuals from bodily harm or
23     death (bodyguard functions).
24         (8) Service of process in criminal and civil
25     proceedings without court order.
26     "Private detective agency" means a person, firm,

 

 

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1 corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the private
2 detective business and employs, in addition to the
3 licensee-in-charge, one or more persons in conducting such
4 business.
5     "Private detective licensee-in-charge" means a person who
6 has been designated by an agency to be the licensee-in-charge
7 of an agency, who is a full-time management employee or owner
8 who assumes sole responsibility for maintaining all records
9 required by this Act, and who assumes sole responsibility for
10 assuring the licensed agency's compliance with its
11 responsibilities as stated in this Act. The Department shall
12 adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge participation in
13 agency affairs.
14     "Private security contractor" means a person who engages in
15 the business of providing a private security officer, watchman,
16 patrol, guard dog, canine odor detection, or a similar service
17 by any other title or name on a contractual basis for another
18 person, firm, corporation, or other entity for a fee or other
19 consideration and performing one or more of the following
20 functions:
21         (1) The prevention or detection of intrusion, entry,
22     theft, vandalism, abuse, fire, or trespass on private or
23     governmental property.
24         (2) The prevention, observation, or detection of any
25     unauthorized activity on private or governmental property.
26         (3) The protection of persons authorized to be on the

 

 

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1     premises of the person, firm, or other entity for which the
2     security contractor contractually provides security
3     services.
4         (4) The prevention of the misappropriation or
5     concealment of goods, money, bonds, stocks, notes,
6     documents, or papers.
7         (5) The control, regulation, or direction of the
8     movement of the public for the time specifically required
9     for the protection of property owned or controlled by the
10     client.
11         (6) The protection of individuals from bodily harm or
12     death (bodyguard functions).
13     "Private security contractor agency" means a person, firm,
14 corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the private
15 security contractor business and that employs, in addition to
16 the licensee-in-charge, one or more persons in conducting such
17 business.
18     "Private security contractor licensee-in-charge" means a
19 person who has been designated by an agency to be the
20 licensee-in-charge of an agency, who is a full-time management
21 employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
22 maintaining all records required by this Act, and who assumes
23 sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
24 compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act. The
25 Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
26 participation in agency affairs.

 

 

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1     "Public member" means a person who is not a licensee or
2 related to a licensee, or who is not an employer or employee of
3 a licensee. The term "related to" shall be determined by the
4 rules of the Department.
5     "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
6 Professional Regulation.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)
 
8     (225 ILCS 447/35-45)
9     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
10     Sec. 35-45. Armed proprietary security force.
11     (a) All financial institutions that employ one or more
12 armed employees and all private, commercial, or industrial
13 operations that employ 5 or more persons as armed employees
14 shall register their security forces with the Department on
15 forms provided by the Department.
16     (a-5) A commercial or industrial operation that employs
17 less than 5 employees in an armed capacity and that is approved
18 by the Department may, but is not required to, register as a
19 proprietary security force. An armed employee of an operation
20 that elects to register under this subsection (a-5) may provide
21 armed employee functions in the performance of his or her
22 overall job duties and is not required to be employed with the
23 operation as an armed employee on a full-time basis.
24     (b) All armed employees of the registered proprietary
25 security force must complete a 20-hour basic training course

 

 

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1 and 20-hour firearm training.
2     (c) Every proprietary security force is required to apply
3 to the Department, on forms supplied by the Department, for a
4 firearm control card for each armed employee.
5     (d) The Department may provide rules for the administration
6 of this Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)