96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3243

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 447/10-5

    Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the requirement of a license.


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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,
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 Section 10-5 as follows:
 
7     (225 ILCS 447/10-5)
8     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
9     Sec. 10-5. Requirement of license.
10     (a) It is unlawful for a person to act as or provide the
11 the functions of a private detective, private security
12 contractor, private alarm contractor, fingerprint vendor, or
13 locksmith or to advertise or to assume to act as any one of
14 these, or to use these or any other title implying that the
15 person is engaged in any of these activities unless licensed as
16 such by the Department. An individual or sole proprietor who
17 does not employ any employees other than himself or herself may
18 operate under a "doing business as" or assumed name
19 certification without having to obtain an agency license, so
20 long as the assumed name is first registered with the
21 Department.
22     (b) It is unlawful for a person, firm, corporation, or
23 other legal entity to act as an agency licensed under this Act,

 

 

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1 to advertise, or to assume to act as a licensed agency or to
2 use a title implying that the person, firm, or other entity is
3 engaged in the practice as a private detective agency, private
4 security contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency,
5 fingerprint vendor agency, or locksmith agency unless licensed
6 by the Department.
7     (c) No agency shall operate a branch office without first
8 applying for and receiving a branch office license for each
9 location.
10     (d) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules
11 providing for the licensure of fingerprint vendors under this
12 Act, it is unlawful for a person to operate live scan
13 fingerprint equipment or other equipment designed to obtain
14 fingerprint images for the purpose of providing fingerprint
15 images and associated demographic data to the Department of
16 State Police, unless he or she has successfully completed a
17 fingerprint training course conducted or authorized by the
18 Department of State Police and is licensed as a fingerprint
19 vendor.
20     (e) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules
21 providing for the licensure of canine handlers and canine
22 trainers under this Act, no person shall operate a canine
23 training facility unless licensed as a private detective agency
24 or private security contractor agency under this Act, and no
25 person shall act as a canine trainer unless he or she is
26 licensed as a private detective or private security contractor

 

 

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1 or is a registered employee of a private detective agency or
2 private security contractor agency approved by the Department.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)