Bill Text: IL HB3218 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3218 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3218-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3218 Introduced , by Rep. Angelo Saviano 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.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
amended by changing Section 10-5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 447/10-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
Sec. 10-5. Requirement of license.
(a) It is unlawful for a person to act as or provide the
the functions of a private detective, private security
contractor, private alarm contractor, fingerprint vendor, or
locksmith or to advertise or to assume to act as any one of
these, or to use these or any other title implying that the
person is engaged in any of these activities unless licensed as
such by the Department. An individual or sole proprietor who
does not employ any employees other than himself or herself may
operate under a "doing business as" or assumed name
certification without having to obtain an agency license, so
long as the assumed name is first registered with the
Department.
(b) It is unlawful for a person, firm, corporation, or
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
use a title implying that the person, firm, or other entity is
engaged in the practice as a private detective agency, private
security contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency,
fingerprint vendor agency, or locksmith agency unless licensed
by the Department.
(c) No agency shall operate a branch office without first
applying for and receiving a branch office license for each
location.
(d) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules
providing for the licensure of fingerprint vendors under this
Act, it is unlawful for a person to operate live scan
fingerprint equipment or other equipment designed to obtain
fingerprint images for the purpose of providing fingerprint
images and associated demographic data to the Department of
State Police, unless he or she has successfully completed a
fingerprint training course conducted or authorized by the
Department of State Police and is licensed as a fingerprint
vendor.
(e) Beginning 12 months after the adoption of rules
providing for the licensure of canine handlers and canine
trainers under this Act, no person shall operate a canine
training facility unless licensed as a private detective agency
or private security contractor agency under this Act, and no
person shall act as a canine trainer unless he or she is
licensed as a private detective or private security contractor

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