Sen. John Connor

Filed: 4/7/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4073

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4073, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
6Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
7amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows:
 
8    (225 ILCS 447/5-10)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
10    Sec. 5-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
11    "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
12by the Department in the applicant's application file or the
13licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's
14licensure maintenance unit.
15    "Advertisement" means any public media, including printed
16or electronic material, that is published or displayed in a

 

 

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1phone book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, newsletter,
2website, or other similar type of publication or electronic
3format that is intended to either attract business or merely
4provide contact information to the public for an agency or
5licensee. Advertisement shall not include a licensee's or an
6agency's letterhead, business cards, or other stationery used
7in routine business correspondence or customary name, address,
8and number type listings in a telephone directory.
9    "Alarm system" means any system, including an electronic
10access control system, a surveillance video system, a security
11video system, a burglar alarm system, a fire alarm system, or
12any other electronic system that activates an audible,
13visible, remote, or recorded signal that is designed for the
14protection or detection of intrusion, entry, theft, fire,
15vandalism, escape, or trespass, or other electronic systems
16designed for the protection of life by indicating the
17existence of an emergency situation. "Alarm system" also
18includes an emergency communication system and a mass
19notification system. "Alarm system" includes a battery-charged
20fence alarm as defined in this Section.
21    "Applicant" means a person or business applying for
22licensure, registration, or authorization under this Act. Any
23applicant or person who holds himself or herself out as an
24applicant is considered a licensee or registrant for the
25purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the
26Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

 

 

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1    "Armed employee" means a licensee or registered person who
2is employed by an agency licensed or an armed proprietary
3security force registered under this Act who carries a weapon
4while engaged in the performance of official duties within the
5course and scope of his or her employment during the hours and
6times the employee is scheduled to work or is commuting
7between his or her home or place of employment.
8    "Armed proprietary security force" means a security force
9made up of one or more armed individuals employed by a
10commercial or industrial operation or by a financial
11institution as security officers for the protection of persons
12or property.
13    "Battery-charged fence alarm" means:
14        (1) an alarm system and ancillary components or
15    equipment attached to such a system, including, but not
16    limited to, a fence that is connected to battery-operated
17    energizer intended to periodically deliver voltage
18    impulses to the fence and battery-charging device used
19    exclusively to charge the battery, and:
20            (A) interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a
21        manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a
22        signal intended to summon a business or law
23        enforcement agency in response to an intrusion or
24        burglary;
25            (B) is located on property that is not designated
26        by a municipality or county for residential use;

 

 

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1            (C) has an energizer that is driven by a
2        commercial storage battery that is not more than 12
3        volts of direct current;
4            (D) produces an electric charge on contact that
5        does not exceed energizer characteristics set for
6        electric fence energizers by the International
7        Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76,
8        Current Edition;
9            (E) is completely surrounded by a nonelectric
10        perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in
11        height;
12            (F) is not more than the higher of:
13                (i) ten feet in height; or
14                (ii) two feet higher than the height of the
15            nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; and
16            (G) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that
17        are located on the battery-charged fence at not more
18        than 30-foot intervals and that reads:
19        "WARNING—ELECTRIC FENCE"; or
20        (2) an alarm system and ancillary components or
21    equipment attached to such a system, including, but not
22    limited to, a fence that is connected to a
23    battery-operated energizer intended to periodically
24    deliver voltage impulses to the fence and battery-charging
25    device used exclusively to charge the battery, and
26    interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that

 

 

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1    enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to
2    summon a business or law enforcement agency in response to
3    an intrusion or burglary.
4    "Board" means the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
5Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Board.
6    "Branch office" means a business location removed from the
7place of business for which an agency license has been issued,
8including, but not limited to, locations where active employee
9records that are required to be maintained under this Act are
10kept, where prospective new employees are processed, or where
11members of the public are invited in to transact business. A
12branch office does not include an office or other facility
13located on the property of an existing client that is utilized
14solely for the benefit of that client and is not owned or
15leased by the agency.
16    "Canine handler" means a person who uses or handles a
17trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
18investigations.
19    "Canine handler authorization card" means a card issued by
20the Department that authorizes the holder to use or handle a
21trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
22investigations during the performance of his or her duties as
23specified in this Act.
24    "Canine trainer" means a person who acts as a dog trainer
25for the purpose of training dogs to protect persons or
26property or to conduct investigations.

 

 

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1    "Canine trainer authorization card" means a card issued by
2the Department that authorizes the holder to train a dog to
3protect persons or property or to conduct investigations
4during the performance of his or her duties as specified in
5this Act.
6    "Canine training facility" means a facility operated by a
7licensed private detective agency or private security
8contractor agency wherein dogs are trained for the purposes of
9protecting persons or property or to conduct investigations.
10    "Corporation" means an artificial person or legal entity
11created by or under the authority of the laws of a state,
12including without limitation a corporation, limited liability
13company, or any other legal entity.
14    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
15Professional Regulation.
16    "Emergency communication system" means any system that
17communicates information about emergencies, including but not
18limited to fire, terrorist activities, shootings, other
19dangerous situations, accidents, and natural disasters.
20    "Employee" means a person who works for a person or agency
21that has the right to control the details of the work performed
22and is not dependent upon whether or not federal or state
23payroll taxes are withheld.
24    "Fingerprint vendor" means a person that offers,
25advertises, or provides services to fingerprint individuals,
26through electronic or other means, for the purpose of

 

 

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1providing fingerprint images and associated demographic data
2to the Illinois State Police for processing fingerprint based
3criminal history record information inquiries.
4    "Fingerprint vendor agency" means a person, firm,
5corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the
6fingerprint vendor business and employs, in addition to the
7fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge, at least one other
8person in conducting that business.
9    "Fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge" means a person who
10has been designated by a fingerprint vendor agency to be the
11licensee-in-charge of an agency who is a full-time management
12employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
13maintaining all records required by this Act and who assumes
14sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
15compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act.
16The Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
17participation in agency affairs.
18    "Fire alarm system" means any system that is activated by
19an automatic or manual device in the detection of smoke, heat,
20or fire that activates an audible, visible, or remote signal
21requiring a response.
22    "Firearm control card" means a card issued by the
23Department that authorizes the holder, who has complied with
24the training and other requirements of this Act, to carry a
25weapon during the performance of his or her duties as
26specified in this Act.

 

 

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1    "Firm" means an unincorporated business entity, including
2but not limited to proprietorships and partnerships.
3    "Licensee" means a person or business licensed under this
4Act. Anyone who holds himself or herself out as a licensee or
5who is accused of unlicensed practice is considered a licensee
6for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the
7Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
8    "Locksmith" means a person who engages in a business or
9holds himself out to the public as providing a service that
10includes, but is not limited to, the servicing, installing,
11originating first keys, re-coding, repairing, maintaining,
12manipulating, or bypassing of a mechanical or electronic
13locking device, access control or video surveillance system at
14premises, vehicles, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes, or
15automatic teller machines.
16    "Locksmith agency" means a person, firm, corporation, or
17other legal entity that engages in the locksmith business and
18employs, in addition to the locksmith licensee-in-charge, at
19least one other person in conducting such business.
20    "Locksmith licensee-in-charge" means a person who has been
21designated by agency to be the licensee-in-charge of an
22agency, who is a full-time management employee or owner who
23assumes sole responsibility for maintaining all records
24required by this Act, and who assumes sole responsibility for
25assuring the licensed agency's compliance with its
26responsibilities as stated in this Act. The Department shall

 

 

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1adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge participation in
2agency affairs.
3    "Mass notification system" means any system that is used
4to provide information and instructions to people in a
5building or other space using voice communications, including
6visible signals, text, graphics, tactile, or other
7communication methods.
8    "Peace officer" or "police officer" means a person who, by
9virtue of office or public employment, is vested by law with a
10duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses,
11whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to
12specific offenses. Officers, agents, or employees of the
13federal government commissioned by federal statute to make
14arrests for violations of federal laws are considered peace
15officers.
16    "Permanent employee registration card" means a card issued
17by the Department to an individual who has applied to the
18Department and meets the requirements for employment by a
19licensed agency under this Act.
20    "Person" means a natural person.
21    "Private alarm contractor" means a person who engages in a
22business that individually or through others undertakes,
23offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to
24undertake, or submits a bid to sell, install, design, monitor,
25maintain, test, inspect, alter, repair, replace, or service
26alarm and other security-related systems or parts thereof,

 

 

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

 

 

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1employment to furnish, or agrees to make or makes
2investigations for a fee or other consideration to obtain
3information relating to:
4        (1) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the
5    United States, any state or territory of the United
6    States, 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,
10    movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations,
11    transactions, acts, reputation, or character of any
12    person, firm, or other entity by any means, manual or
13    electronic.
14        (3) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or
15    stolen property.
16        (4) The cause, origin, or responsibility for fires,
17    accidents, or injuries to individuals or real or personal
18    property.
19        (5) The truth or falsity of any statement or
20    representation.
21        (6) Securing evidence to be used before any court,
22    board, or investigating body.
23        (7) The protection of individuals from bodily harm or
24    death (bodyguard functions).
25        (8) Service of process in criminal and civil
26    proceedings.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1participation in agency affairs.
2    "Public member" means a person who is not a licensee or
3related to a licensee, or who is not an employer or employee of
4a licensee. The term "related to" shall be determined by the
5rules of the Department.
6    "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
7Financial and Professional Regulation.
8(Source: P.A. 102-152, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
9revised 10-26-21.)".