Amended in Assembly May 18, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 20, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1042

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper

February 26, 2015

An act to amend Section 7574.01 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1042, as amended, Cooper. Proprietary security services.

The Proprietary Security Services Act generally regulates the proprietary private security vocation, and requires a proprietary private security officer to, among other things, register with the Department of Consumer Affairs and complete specified training. The act defines a proprietary private security officer as an unarmed individual who, among other qualifications, meets 2 specific criteria of being required to wear a distinctive uniform clearly identifying him or her as a security officer and of being likely to interact with the public while performing his or her duties.

This bill would expand the definition of a proprietary private security officer by instead requiring one of the 2 specific criteria to be met and would include examples of the security officer’s duties that begin delete may end delete begin insert are likely to end insert involve interacting with the public.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 7574.01 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

7574.01.  

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Security and Investigative
Services.

(b) “Chief” means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services.

(c) “Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless
the context indicates otherwise.

(d) “Person” includes any individual, firm, company,
association, organization, partnership, and corporation.

(e) “Proprietary private security employer” means a person who
has one or more employees who provide security services for the
employer and only for the employer. A person who employs
proprietary private security officers pursuant to this chapter at
more than one location shall be considered a single employer.

(f) “Proprietary private security officer” means an unarmed
individual who is employed exclusively by any one employer
whose primary duty is to provide security services for his or her
employer, whose services are not contracted to any other entity or
person, and who is not exempt pursuant to Section 7582.2, and
who meets either of the following criteria:

(1)  begin delete He or she may end delete begin insert Is required to end insert wear a distinctive uniform or
marked shirt or jacket clearly identifying the individual as a
security officer.

(2)  begin delete He or she may end delete begin insert Is likely to end insert interact with the public while begin delete performing his or her duties, including controlling access to
employer sites or facilities through the admittance process, assisting
visitors with a legitimate need to enter the facility, screening
visitors and employees to expedite their admittance to the site or
facility, escorting visitors in a facility, end delete begin insert providing security services,
which may include, but not be limited to, end insert acting to prevent
unapproved or unlawful entry, directing persons causing a
disturbance to leave the facility, ensuring that persons removing
property from the facility are acting within appropriate policy
requirements, observing and reporting incidents or suspicious
activity to management and to public safety authorities as
appropriate, and responding to or reporting incidents of fire,
medical emergency, hazardous materials, and other incidents or
conditions following procedures established by the employer.

(g) “Registrant” means an individual registered with the bureau
under this chapter.