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92_HB2536

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning private security.

 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,  and  Locksmith  Act of 1993 is amended by changing
 6    Sections 80 and 185 as follows:

 7        (225 ILCS 446/80)
 8        Sec. 80.  Employee  requirements.   All  employees  of  a
 9    licensed agency, other than those exempted, shall apply for a
10    Permanent  Employee  Registration  Card.   The  holder  of an
11    agency certificate issued under this Act, known in  this  Act
12    as  "employer",  may  employ  in  the  conduct  of his or her
13    business employees under the following provisions:
14        (a)  No person  shall  be  issued  a  permanent  employee
15    registration card who:
16             (1)  Is under 18 years of age.
17             (2)  Is  under  21 years of age if the services will
18        include being armed.
19             (3)  Has been determined by  the  Department  to  be
20        unfit  by  reason  of conviction of an offense in this or
21        another state, other than a minor traffic  offense.   The
22        Department shall promulgate rules for procedures by which
23        those  circumstances  shall be determined and that afford
24        the applicant due process of law.
25             (4)  Has  had  a  license  or   permanent   employee
26        registration  card refused, denied, suspended, or revoked
27        under this Act.
28             (5)  Has been declared incompetent by any  court  of
29        competent  jurisdiction  by  reason  of mental disease or
30        defect and has not been restored.
31             (6)  Has been dishonorably discharged from the armed
 
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 1        services of the United States.
 2          (b)  No person may be employed by a  private  detective
 3    agency,  private security contractor agency, or private alarm
 4    contractor agency, or locksmith  agency  under  this  Section
 5    until  he  or she has executed and furnished to the employer,
 6    on forms furnished by the Department, a verified statement to
 7    be known as "Employee's Statement" setting forth:
 8             (1)  The person's  full  name,  age,  and  residence
 9        address.
10             (2)  The business or occupation engaged in for the 5
11        years immediately before the date of the execution of the
12        statement, the place where the business or occupation was
13        engaged in, and the names of employers, if any.
14             (3)  That  the  person  has  not  had  a  license or
15        employee  registration  refused,  revoked,  or  suspended
16        under this Act.
17             (4)  Any conviction of a felony or misdemeanor.
18             (5)  Any declaration of incompetency by a  court  of
19        competent jurisdiction that has not been restored.
20             (6)  Any   dishonorable  discharge  from  the  armed
21        services of the United States.
22             (7)  Any other information as may be required by any
23        rule of  the  Department  to  show  the  good  character,
24        competency,  and  integrity  of  the person executing the
25        statement.
26          (c)  Each   applicant   for   a   permanent    employee
27    registration   card   shall  have  his  or  her  fingerprints
28    submitted to the Illinois State Police by a vendor designated
29    by the Department in an electronic format that complies  with
30    the  Illinois  State Police Electronic Fingerprint Submission
31    Specification.  These fingerprints shall be  checked  against
32    the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation
33    criminal  history record databases.  The resulting data shall
34    be submitted to the Department  of  Professional  Regulation.
 
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 1    The  Department  may  require  applicants  to  pay a separate
 2    fingerprinting fee, either to the Department or  directly  to
 3    the  vendor,  in  accordance  with  the agreement between the
 4    Department and the designated vendor.
 5        The Department, in its discretion, may allow an applicant
 6    who does not have reasonable access to a designated vendor to
 7    provide his or her fingerprints  in  an  alternative  manner.
 8    The  Department,  in  its  discretion,  may  also  use  other
 9    procedures  in  performing  or  obtaining criminal background
10    checks of applicants.
11        The  Department  of  State  Police   shall   notify   the
12    Department  of  any  changes  in  the  Illinois  State Police
13    Electronic Fingerprint Submission Specification.
14        Each applicant for a permanent employee registration card
15    shall submit to the Department with the applicable  fees,  on
16    fingerprint  cards  furnished  by  the Department, 2 complete
17    sets of fingerprints that are verified to  be  those  of  the
18    applicant.   If an applicant's fingerprint cards are returned
19    to the Department as unclassifiable by the screening  agency,
20    the  applicant  has 90 days after notification is sent by the
21    Department to submit additional fingerprint cards taken by  a
22    different    technician   to   replace   the   unclassifiable
23    fingerprint cards.
24        The  Department  shall  notify  the  submitting  licensed
25    agency within 10 days if the  applicant's  fingerprint  cards
26    are  returned  to the Department as unclassifiable.  However,
27    instead of submitting fingerprint cards,  An  individual  may
28    submit  proof  that is satisfactory to the Department that an
29    equivalent security clearance has been  conducted.   Also,  a
30    full-time peace officer or an individual who has retired as a
31    peace  officer  within  12  months  of application may submit
32    verification, on forms provided by the Department and  signed
33    by  one's  employer,  of his or her full-time employment as a
34    peace officer.  "Peace  officer"  means  any  person  who  by
 
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 1    virtue of his or her office or public employment is vested by
 2    law  with  a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests
 3    for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is
 4    limited to specific offenses; officers, agents, or  employees
 5    of  the federal government commissioned by federal statute to
 6    make arrests for violations  of  federal  criminal  laws  are
 7    considered peace officers.
 8        (d)  Upon  receipt of the verified fingerprint cards, the
 9    Department shall cause the fingerprints to be  compared  with
10    fingerprints  of  criminals  now  or hereafter filed with the
11    Illinois Department of State Police.  The Department may also
12    cause the fingerprints to be checked against the fingerprints
13    of criminals now or hereafter filed in the records  of  other
14    official fingerprint files within or without this State.  The
15    Department  shall  issue  a  permanent  employee registration
16    card, in a form the Department prescribes, to  all  qualified
17    applicants.   The  Department  shall  notify  the  submitting
18    licensed agency within 10 days upon the issuance of or intent
19    to deny the permanent employee registration card.  The holder
20    of  a  permanent  employee  registration card shall carry the
21    card at all times while actually engaged in  the  performance
22    of  the  duties  of  his  or  her employment.  Expiration and
23    requirements for renewal of permanent  employee  registration
24    cards  shall  be  established  by  rule  of  the  Department.
25    Possession of a permanent employee registration card does not
26    in  any  way imply that the holder of the card is employed by
27    an agency unless the permanent employee registration card  is
28    accompanied  by  the employee identification card required by
29    subsection (g) of this Section.
30        (e)  Within 5 days of  the  receipt  of  the  application
31    materials,  the  Department  shall institute an investigation
32    for a criminal record by checking the applicant's  name  with
33    immediately available criminal history information systems.
34        (f)  Each  employer  shall  maintain  a  record  of  each
 
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 1    employee   that   is   accessible   to  the  duly  authorized
 2    representatives of the Department.  The record shall  contain
 3    the following information:
 4             (1)  A  photograph  taken within 10 days of the date
 5        that the employee begins employment  with  the  employer.
 6        The   photograph   shall   be  replaced  with  a  current
 7        photograph every 3 calendar years.
 8             (2)  The   employee's   statement    specified    in
 9        subsection (b) of this Section.
10             (3)  All correspondence or documents relating to the
11        character  and  integrity of the employee received by the
12        employer from any  official  source  or  law  enforcement
13        agency.
14             (4)  In  the  case of former employees, the employee
15        identification  card  of   that   person   issued   under
16        subsection (g) of this Section.
17          Each employee record shall duly note if the employee is
18    employed  in  an  armed capacity.  Armed employee files shall
19    contain a copy of an  active  Firearm  Owners  Identification
20    Card and a copy of an active Firearm Authorization Card.
21        Each  employer  shall  maintain  a  record for each armed
22    employee of each instance in which the employee's weapon  was
23    discharged  during  the  course  of  his  or her professional
24    duties or activities.  The  record  shall  be  maintained  on
25    forms  provided  by  the  Department, a copy of which must be
26    filed with the Department within 15 days of an instance.  The
27    record shall include the date and time of the occurrence, the
28    circumstances involved  in  the  occurrence,  and  any  other
29    information  as  the  Department  may  require.   Failure  to
30    provide  this  information  to  the  Department or failure to
31    maintain the record  as  a  part  of  each  armed  employee's
32    permanent  file  is  grounds  for  disciplinary  action.  The
33    Department,  upon  receipt  of  a  report,  shall  have   the
34    authority  to make any investigation it considers appropriate
 
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 1    into  any  occurrence  in  which  an  employee's  weapon  was
 2    discharged  and  to  take  disciplinary  action  as  may   be
 3    appropriate.
 4        The  Department  may,  by  rule, prescribe further record
 5    requirements.
 6        (g)  Every   employer   shall   furnish    an    employee
 7    identification  card  to  each of his or her employees.  This
 8    employee  identification  card   shall   contain   a   recent
 9    photograph of the employee, the employee's name, the name and
10    agency  certification  number of the employer, the employee's
11    personal description, the  signature  of  the  employer,  the
12    signature  of  that  employee,  the  date of issuance, and an
13    employee identification card number.
14        (h)  No employer may  issue  an  employee  identification
15    card  to  any  person  who is not employed by the employer in
16    accordance with this Section or falsely  state  or  represent
17    that  a  person  is  or has been in his or her employ.  It is
18    unlawful for an applicant for registered employment  to  file
19    with  the  Department the fingerprints of a person other than
20    himself or herself, or to fail to exercise due  diligence  in
21    resubmitting replacement fingerprints for those employees who
22    have   had   original  fingerprint  submissions  returned  as
23    unclassifiable.
24        (i)  Every employer shall obtain the identification  card
25    of every employee who terminates employment with him or her.
26        (j)  Every  employer  shall maintain a separate roster of
27    the names of all employees  currently  working  in  an  armed
28    capacity and submit the roster to the Department on request.
29        (k)  No  agency  may  employ  any  person  under this Act
30    unless:
31             (1)  The person possesses a valid permanent employee
32        registration card or the person has a valid license under
33        this Act; or
34             (2)  The agency:
 
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 1                  (i)  on behalf of each person completes in  its
 2             entirety   and   submits   to   the   Department  an
 3             application for a  permanent  employee  registration
 4             card,  including  the  required fingerprint card and
 5             fees;
 6                  (ii)  exercises due diligence  to  ensure  that
 7             the  person  is  qualified under the requirements of
 8             the  Act  to  be   issued   a   permanent   employee
 9             registration card; and
10                  (iii)  maintains a separate roster of the names
11             of  all  employees  whose applications are currently
12             pending with the Department and submits  the  roster
13             to  the  Department on a monthly basis.  Rosters are
14             to be maintained by the agency for a  period  of  at
15             least 24 months.
16        (l)  Failure  by  an  agency  to  submit the application,
17    fees, and  fingerprints  specified  in  this  Section  before
18    scheduling  the person for work shall result in a fine, in an
19    amount up to  $1,000,  or  other  disciplinary  action  being
20    imposed  against  the agency.  Failure to maintain and submit
21    the specified rosters is grounds for  discipline  under  this
22    Act.
23        (m)  No  person may be employed under this Section in any
24    capacity if:
25             (i)  The person while so employed is being  paid  by
26        the  United  States  or any political subdivision for the
27        time so employed in addition to any payments  he  or  she
28        may receive from the employer.
29             (ii)  The  person  wears  any  portion of his or her
30        official uniform, emblem of authority, or equipment while
31        so employed except as provided in Section 30.
32          (n)  If  information  is   discovered   affecting   the
33    registration  of  a  person whose fingerprints were submitted
34    under this Section, the Department shall so notify the agency
 
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 1    that submitted the fingerprints on behalf of that person.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-815, eff. 6-13-00.)

 3        (225 ILCS 446/185)
 4        Sec. 185.  Firearm authorization; training courses.
 5        (a)  No person shall perform duties that include the use,
 6    carrying, or possession of a firearm in  the  performance  of
 7    those  duties  without  fully complying with this Section and
 8    having been issued a valid firearm authorization card by  the
 9    Department.  This  Act  permits  only  the following to carry
10    firearms while actually engaged in the performance  of  their
11    duties or while commuting directly to or from their places of
12    employment:  persons  licensed  as private alarm contractors;
13    persons licensed as private detectives; persons  licensed  as
14    private  security  contractors;  registered  employees  of  a
15    licensed  private  detective agency, a licensed private alarm
16    contractor agency, or a licensed private security  contractor
17    agency;  and  qualified  personnel  of registered proprietary
18    security  forces  and   their   registered   employees;   and
19    registered   armed  proprietary  security  forces  and  their
20    registered employees.
21        (b)  No employer shall employ any person to  perform  the
22    duties  for  which  employee  registration  is required under
23    Section 80 and allow that person to carry a  firearm  in  the
24    performance  of  those  duties  unless  that person has fully
25    complied with the firearm training requirements specified  in
26    this   Section   and   has   been   issued  a  valid  firearm
27    authorization card by the Department.
28        Actual possession of a valid firearm  authorization  card
29    allows   an   employee  to  carry  a  firearm  not  otherwise
30    prohibited by law, while the employee is actually engaged  in
31    the performance of his or her duties or while the employee is
32    commuting  directly to or from the employee's place or places
33    of employment, provided that this commuting  is  accomplished
 
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 1    within  one  hour  from  departure  from  home  or a place of
 2    employment.
 3        (c)  The Department shall evaluate and either approve  or
 4    disapprove  training  programs for the basic firearm training
 5    course.   The  determination  by  the  Department  shall   be
 6    reasonably made.
 7        The  firearm  training  course  shall  be  taught  by  an
 8    instructor  qualified  to  give  the instruction.  Reasonable
 9    qualifications shall be determined by the Department.
10        The firearm training course may be conducted by  agencies
11    or   institutions  approved  by  the  Department  or  may  be
12    conducted by a licensee or any agency certified by  this  Act
13    so  long  as  the  course is approved by the Department.  The
14    firearm course shall consist of the following:
15             (1)  A minimum of 40 hours of training, 20 of  which
16        shall  be  as  described  in Section 180, and 20 of which
17        shall be as follows:
18                  (i)  instruction in the dangers of  and  misuse
19             of  the firearm, safety rules, and care and cleaning
20             of the firearm;
21                  (ii)  practice firing  on  a  range  with  live
22             ammunition;
23                  (iii)  instruction in the legal use of firearms
24             under  the  provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961,
25             and relevant court decisions;
26                  (iv)  a forceful presentation  of  the  ethical
27             and  moral  consideration  assumed by any person who
28             uses a firearm;
29                  (v)  a review  of  the  current  law  regarding
30             arrest, search, and seizure; and
31                  (vi)  liability for acts.
32             (2)  An examination shall be given at the completion
33        of the course.  The examination shall be in 2 parts which
34        shall  consist  of  a firearms qualification course and a
 
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 1        written examination,  which  shall  be  approved  by  the
 2        Department.  Successful completion shall be determined by
 3        the Department.
 4        (d)  The firearm training requirement shall be waived for
 5    an  employee  who  has  completed  training  provided  by the
 6    Illinois Law Enforcement Training  Standards  Board,  or  the
 7    equivalent  public body in another state, provided supporting
 8    documentation showing requalification with the weapon on  the
 9    firing  range  is  submitted  to  the  Department;  or for an
10    employee who is also employed as a law enforcement officer as
11    defined in the Illinois Police Training Act.
12        (e)  The Department shall issue a  firearm  authorization
13    card  to  a  person  who has passed an approved basic firearm
14    training course, who  is  currently  employed  by  an  agency
15    certified  under this Act, who is authorized under subsection
16    (a) of this Section, who has met all the requirements of  the
17    Act,  and  who possesses a valid Firearm Owner Identification
18    Card.  Application for the card shall be made by the employer
19    to the Department on forms provided by the Department.    The
20    Department  shall forward this card to the employer who shall
21    be responsible for its issuance.  The  firearm  authorization
22    card  shall  be  issued  by  the  Department in the form of a
23    pocket card designed by the Department and shall identify the
24    person holding the card and the name of the course where  the
25    employee received firearm instruction; the card shall specify
26    the  type  of weapon or weapons that the person is authorized
27    by the Department to carry and for which the person has  been
28    trained.
29        (f)  Expiration  and  requirements for renewal of firearm
30    authorization cards shall  be  established  by  rule  of  the
31    Department.
32        (g)  The   Department  may,  in  addition  to  any  other
33    discipline allowed under this Act, refuse to issue,  suspend,
34    or  revoke  a  firearm authorization card if the applicant or
 
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 1    holder  has  been  convicted  of  any  felony  or  any  crime
 2    involving the illegal  use,  carrying,  or  possession  of  a
 3    deadly  weapon,  or  for  violation  of  this  Act  or  rules
 4    promulgated  under  this Act.  The procedures in this Act for
 5    disciplining a licensee shall be followed  in  taking  action
 6    under this paragraph.
 7        The  Department  shall  refuse to issue or shall revoke a
 8    Firearm Authorization Card if the applicant or  holder  fails
 9    to hold a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
10        The   Director   shall   summarily   suspend   a  firearm
11    authorization card if the Director finds that  continued  use
12    of  the  card  would  constitute  an  immediate danger to the
13    public health, safety, or welfare.  A prompt hearing  on  the
14    charges  shall  be  held  before  the  Board  if the Director
15    summarily suspends a Firearm Authorization Card.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-363;  88-586,  eff.  8-12-94;  89-694,  eff.
17    12-31-96.)

18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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