93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6340

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 447/10-5

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


LRB093 15166 AMC 40762 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6340 LRB093 15166 AMC 40762 b

1     AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
 
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 2004 is amended by changing
6 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8     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)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 functions of a private detective, private security contractor,
12 private alarm contractor, or locksmith or to advertise or to
13 assume to act as any one of these, or to use these or any other
14 title implying that the person is engaged in any of these
15 activities unless licensed as such by the Department of
16 Professional Regulation. 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,
24 to advertise, or to assume to act as a licensed agency or to
25 use a title implying that the person, firm, or other entity is
26 engaged in the practice as a private detective agency, private
27 security contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency,
28 or locksmith agency unless licensed by the Department.
29     (c)  No agency shall operate a branch office without first
30 applying for and receiving a branch office license for each
31 location.
32 (Source: P.A. 93-438, eff. 8-5-03.)