Public Act 100-0181
 
HB3464 EnrolledLRB100 09196 SMS 19352 b


  
    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 25-10 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 447/25-10)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

    Sec. 25-10. Qualifications for licensure as a private

security contractor.
    (a) A person is qualified for licensure as a private

security contractor if he or she meets all of the following

requirements:


        (1) Is at least 21 years of age.


        (2) Has not been convicted of any felony in any

    jurisdiction or at least 10 years have elapsed since the 
    time
of full discharge from a sentence imposed for a felony

    conviction.


        (3) Is of good moral character. Good character is
a 
    continuing requirement of licensure. Conviction of crimes

    other than felonies may be used in determining moral

    character, but shall not constitute an absolute bar to

    licensure, except where the applicant is a registered sex

    offender.


        (4) Has not been declared by any court of competent

    jurisdiction to be incompetent by reason of mental or 
    physical
defect or disease, unless a court has subsequently 
    declared
him or her to be competent.


        (5) Is not suffering from dependence on alcohol or
from 
    narcotic addiction or dependence.


        (6) Has a minimum of 3 years experience of the 5
years 
    immediately preceding application working as a full-time

    manager for a licensed private security contractor agency 
    or a
manager of a proprietary security force of 30 or more 
    persons
registered with the Department or with 3 years 
    experience of
the 5 years immediately preceding his or her 
    application
employed as a full-time supervisor for
an 
    in-house security unit for a corporation having l00 or
more 
    employees, for a military police or related security
unit 
    in any of the armed forces of the United States, or in a 
    law enforcement agency
of the federal government, a state, 
    or a state political subdivision, which shall
include a 
    state's attorney's office, a or public defender's
office, 
    or the Department of Corrections. The Board and the 
    Department shall approve such full-time supervisory

    experience and may accept, in lieu
of the experience 
    requirement in this subsection,
alternative experience 
    working as a full-time manager for
a private security 
    contractor agency licensed in another
state or for a 
    private security contractor agency in a
state that does not 
    license such agencies if the
experience is substantially 
    equivalent to that
gained working for an Illinois licensed 
    private security
contractor agency. An applicant who has a

    baccalaureate degree or higher in police science or a 
    related
field or a business degree from an accredited 
    college or
university shall be given credit for 2 of the 3 
    years of the
required experience. An applicant who has 
    completed a non-degree military training program in police 
    science or a related field shall be given credit for one of 
    the 3 years of the required experience if the Board and the 
    Department determine that such training is substantially 
    equivalent to that received in an associate degree program. 
    An applicant who has an associate degree
in police science 
    or in a related field or in business from an
accredited 
    college or university shall be given credit for one
of the 
    3 years of the required experience.


        (7) Has not been dishonorably discharged from the
armed 
    forces of the United States.


        (8) Has passed an examination authorized by the

    Department.


        (9) Submits his or her fingerprints, proof of having

    general liability insurance required under subsection (b), 
    and
the required license fee.


        (10) Has not violated Section 10-5 of this Act.

    (b) It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain

general liability insurance in an amount and coverage

appropriate for the applicant's circumstances as determined by

rule. The applicant shall provide evidence of insurance to
the 
Department before being issued a license. Failure to
maintain 
general liability insurance and to provide the
Department with 
written proof of the insurance shall result in
cancellation of 
the license without hearing.
    (c) Any person who has been providing canine odor detection 
services for hire prior to January 1, 2005 is exempt from the 
requirements of item (6) of subsection (a) of this Section and 
may be granted a private security contractor license if (i) he 
or she meets the requirements of items (1) through (5) and 
items (7) through (10) of subsections (a) of this Section, (ii) 
pays all applicable fees, and (iii) presents satisfactory 
evidence to the Department of the provision of canine odor 
detection services for hire since January 1, 2005.


(Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)

 

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