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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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private 
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Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is 
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amended by changing Section 10-5 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 447/10-5)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)

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    Sec. 10-5. Requirement of license. 

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    (a) It is unlawful for a person to act as or provide the

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the functions of a
private detective, private security 
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contractor, private alarm contractor, fingerprint vendor, or

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locksmith or to advertise or to assume to act as any one of 
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these, or to use
these or any other title implying that the 
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person is engaged in any of these
activities unless licensed as 
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such by the Department.  An individual or sole
proprietor who 
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does not employ any employees other than himself or herself may

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operate under a "doing business as" or assumed name 
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certification without
having to obtain an agency license, so 
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long as the assumed name is first
registered with the 
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Department.
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    (b) It is unlawful for a person, firm, corporation, or 
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other legal entity
to act as an agency licensed under this Act, 
 


 






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to advertise, or to assume to
act as a licensed agency or to 
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use a title implying that the person, firm, or
other entity is 
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engaged in the practice as a private detective agency, private

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security contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency, 
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fingerprint vendor agency, or locksmith
agency unless licensed 
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by the Department.

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    (c) No agency shall operate a branch office without first 
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applying for and
receiving a branch office license for each 
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location.

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    (d) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules 
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providing for the licensure of fingerprint vendors under this 
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Act, it is unlawful for a person to operate  live scan 
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fingerprint equipment or other equipment designed to obtain 
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fingerprint images for the purpose of providing fingerprint 
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images and associated demographic data to the Department of 
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State Police, unless he or she has successfully completed a 
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fingerprint training course conducted or authorized by the 
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Department of State Police and is licensed as a fingerprint 
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vendor.

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    (e) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules 
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providing for the licensure of canine handlers and canine 
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trainers under this Act, no person shall operate a canine 
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training facility unless licensed as a private detective
agency 
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or private security contractor agency under this Act, and no 
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person shall act as a canine trainer unless he or she is 
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licensed as a private detective or private security contractor 
 


 






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