Bill Text: IL HB4375 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides that reasonable attorney's fees and costs may be awarded to a licensee, interested party, or person injured if he or she successfully obtains injunctive relief, whether by consent or otherwise. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4375 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4375-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | amended by changing Section 40-5 as follows:
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| 7 | (225 ILCS 447/40-5)
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| 8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
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| 9 | Sec. 40-5. Injunctive relief. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (a) The practice of a private
detective, private security | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | contractor, private alarm
contractor, fingerprint vendor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | locksmith, private detective agency, private
security | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency,
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| 14 | fingerprint vendor agency, or locksmith agency by any person, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | firm, corporation, or other
legal entity that has not been | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | issued a license by the
Department or whose license has been | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | suspended, revoked, or
not renewed is hereby declared to be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | inimical to the public
safety and welfare and to constitute a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | public nuisance. The
Secretary may, in the name of the People | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | of the State of Illinois through the Attorney General of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | State of Illinois or the State's Attorney
of any county in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | which the violation is alleged to have occurred in the State of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Illinois, petition for an order enjoining the violation or for | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | an order enforcing compliance with this Act. Upon the
filing of | ||||||
| 2 | a verified petition in court, if satisfied by
affidavit or | ||||||
| 3 | otherwise that the person, firm, corporation, or
other legal | ||||||
| 4 | entity is or has been conducting activities in
violation of | ||||||
| 5 | this Act, the court may enter a temporary
restraining order or | ||||||
| 6 | preliminary injunction, without bond,
enjoining the defendant | ||||||
| 7 | from further activity. A copy of the
verified complaint shall | ||||||
| 8 | be served upon the defendant and the
proceedings shall be | ||||||
| 9 | conducted as in civil cases. If it is
established the defendant | ||||||
| 10 | has been or is conducting activities
in violation of this Act, | ||||||
| 11 | the court may enter a judgment
enjoining the defendant from | ||||||
| 12 | that activity. In case of
violation of any injunctive order or | ||||||
| 13 | judgment entered under
this Section, the court may punish the | ||||||
| 14 | offender for contempt
of court. Injunctive proceedings shall be | ||||||
| 15 | in addition to all
other penalties under this Act.
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| 16 | (b) If any person practices as a private detective, private | ||||||
| 17 | security contractor, private alarm contractor, fingerprint | ||||||
| 18 | vendor, locksmith, private detective agency, private security | ||||||
| 19 | contractor agency, private alarm contractor agency, | ||||||
| 20 | fingerprint vendor agency, or locksmith agency or holds himself | ||||||
| 21 | or herself out as such without having a valid license under | ||||||
| 22 | this Act, then any licensee, any interested party, or any | ||||||
| 23 | person injured thereby may, in addition to the Secretary, | ||||||
| 24 | petition for relief as provided in subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 25 | Section. Reasonable attorney's fees and costs may be awarded to | ||||||
| 26 | the licensee, interested party, or person injured if he or she | ||||||
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| 1 | successfully obtains injunctive relief, whether by consent or | ||||||
| 2 | otherwise. | ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
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| 4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 5 | becoming law.
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