BILL NUMBER: SB 1252 CHAPTERED 10/10/99 CHAPTER 665 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 10, 1999 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 6, 1999 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 1999 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 26, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 15, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 7, 1999 INTRODUCED BY Senator Peace FEBRUARY 26, 1999 An act to amend Section 7582.22 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to private security services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1252, Peace. Private security services. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in private security services, including persons engaged as private patrol operators. Existing law requires that the business of each licensee be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or she is qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the licensee's manager, if the licensee is not qualified. This bill would additionally require any licensee conducting business in this state whose primary office is located outside the state to maintain an office in this state operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management of a qualified manager, and to maintain at the office in this state all records required under the provisions governing private security services and under rules adopted by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Existing law makes it a crime to violate any of the provisions governing private security services which relate to private patrol operator licensure. By adding to those provisions new requirements regarding the maintenance by licensees, including private patrol operators, of an office in the state and the retention of records at that office, this bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 7582.22 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 7582.22. (a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or she is qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the licensee's manager, if the licensee is not qualified. Any licensee conducting business in this state whose primary office is located outside of this state shall do both of the following: (1) Maintain an office in this state operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management of a qualified manager. (2) Maintain at the office in this state all records required under this chapter and under rules adopted by the bureau. (b) No person shall act as a qualified manager of a licensee until he or she has complied with each of the following: (1) Demonstrated his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or a combination of both, if required by the director. (2) Made a satisfactory showing to the director that he or she has the qualifications prescribed in Section 7582.8 and that none of the facts stated in Section 7582.24 or 7582.25 exist as to him or her. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.