BILL NUMBER: AB 1821	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to amend Section 7583.12 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to security services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1821, as introduced, Hall. Security personnel: firearm
qualification cards.
   Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, provides for the
registration and regulation of private security personnel by the
Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Under existing law, a
security guard or security patrolperson may not carry or use a
firearm unless he or she has a valid registration card and a valid
firearm qualification card issued by the bureau. Existing law
authorizes a security guard or security patrolperson to perform his
or her duties pending receipt of a permanent or replacement
registration card as long as he or she carries a hard copy printout
of the bureau's approval form from the bureau's Internet Web site and
a valid picture identification. Existing law authorizes the bureau
to charge a $10 certification fee to provide a replacement
certification card.
   This bill would authorize a security guard or security
patrolperson to carry and use a firearm pending receipt of a
permanent or replacement firearm qualification card as long as he or
she carries a hard copy printout of the bureau's approval from the
bureau's Internet Web site and a valid picture identification. The
bill would also authorize the bureau to charge a $10 certification
fee to provide a replacement firearm qualification card.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 7583.12 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7583.12.  (a) No employee of a licensee shall carry or use a
firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession both of the
following:
   (1) A valid guard registration card issued pursuant to this
chapter.
   (2) A valid firearm qualification card issued pursuant to this
chapter. 
   (b) An employee of a licensee may carry or use a firearm while
working as a security guard or security patrolperson pending receipt
of a firearm qualification card if he or she has been approved by the
bureau and carries on his or her person a hardcopy printout of the
bureau's approval from the bureau's Internet Web site and a valid
picture identification.  
   (c) In the event of the loss or destruction of the firearm
qualification card, the cardholder may apply to the bureau for a
certified replacement of the card, stating the circumstances
surrounding the loss, and pay a ten-dollar ($10) certification fee,
whereupon the bureau shall issue a certified replacement of the card.
 
   (b) 
    (d)  Paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)  and
subdivision (b)  shall not apply to a duly appointed peace
officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of
Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, who meets all of the following:
   (1) He or she has successfully completed a course of study in the
use of firearms.
   (2) He or she is authorized to carry a concealed firearm in the
course and scope of his or her employment pursuant to Article 2
(commencing with Section 25450) of Chapter 2 of Division 5 of Title 4
of Part 6 of the Penal Code.
   (3) He or she has proof that he or she has applied to the bureau
for a  firearms   firearm  qualification
card. 
   (c) 
    (e)  (1) This section shall not apply to a duly
appointed peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with
Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, who has written
approval from his or her primary employer, as defined in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (i) of Section 7583.9, to carry a firearm while
working as a security guard or security officer.
   (2) A peace officer exempt under this subdivision shall carry on
his or her person a letter of approval from his or her primary
employer authorizing him or her to carry a firearm while working as a
security guard or security officer.