Bill Text: IL SB1853 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides an exemption from the requirements of fingerprint vendors to any member of local law enforcement (A) in the performance of his or her duties and (B) within a county without a local fingerprint vendor. Provides that local law enforcement agencies may charge a reasonable fee related to the cost of offering fingerprinting services. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0294 [SB1853 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1853-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
5Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
6amended by changing Section 31-5 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 447/31-5)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
9 Sec. 31-5. Exemptions. The provisions of this Act regarding
10fingerprint vendors do not apply to any of the following, if
11the person performing the service does not hold himself or
12herself out as a fingerprint vendor or fingerprint vendor
13agency:
14 (1) An employee of the United States, Illinois, or a
15 political subdivision, including public school districts,
16 of either while the employee is engaged in the performance
17 of his or her official duties within the scope of his or
18 her employment. However, any such person who offers his or
19 her services as a fingerprint vendor or uses a similar
20 title when these services are performed for compensation or
21 other consideration, whether received directly or
22 indirectly, is subject to this Act.
23 (2) A person employed exclusively by only one employer

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1 in connection with the exclusive activities of that
2 employer, provided that person does not hold himself or
3 herself out to the public as a fingerprint vendor.
4 (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
5 any member of local law enforcement in the performance of
6 his or her duties. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit local
7 law enforcement agencies from charging a reasonable fee
8 related to the cost of offering fingerprinting services.
9(Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.
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