BILL NUMBER: AB 2220	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daly

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 7583.32
and  7583.40 of, and to repeal and add Section 7583.39 of, the
Business and Professions Code, relating to private security services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2220, as amended, Daly. Private security services: 
insurance policies.  private patrol operators. 
   The Private Security Services Act provides for the licensure and
regulation of private patrol operators by the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
 Existing law   The act  requires a private
patrol operator employing a security guard who carries a firearm to
maintain an insurance policy that provides minimum limits of
insurance of $500,000 for any one loss due to bodily injury or death
and $500,000 for any one loss due to injury or destruction of
property.
   This bill would instead require the bureau to require  a 
private patrol operator or applicant for licensure, as a condition
precedent to licensure or continued licensure, to file or have on
file with the bureau an insurance policy that provides minimum limits
of insurance of $1,000,000 for any one loss due to bodily injury or
death and $1,000,000 for any one loss due to injury or destruction of
property  as well as a certificate of workers' compensation
coverage for its employees issued by an admitted insurer  . 

   The act requires a private patrol operator licensee, qualified
manager of a licensee, or security guard who, in the course of his or
her employment, may be required to carry a firearm to satisfy
specified requirements prior to carrying a firearm, including the
completion of a course of training in the carrying and use of
firearms. Existing law exempts from this requirement a duly appointed
peace officer, as defined. The act prohibits the bureau from
renewing an expired firearms qualification card unless the applicant
has requalified on the range and successfully passed a written
examination, as specified.  
   This bill would exempt a duly appointed peace officer, as defined,
from the requirements of requalifying on the range and passing the
written examination. 
   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 7583.32 of the  
Business and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   7583.32.  (a) A firearms qualification card expires two years from
the date of issuance, if not renewed. A person who wishes to renew a
firearms qualification card shall file an application for renewal at
least 60 days prior to the card's expiration. A person whose card
has expired shall not carry a firearm until he or she has been issued
a renewal card by the bureau.
   (b) The bureau shall not renew a firearms qualification card
unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:
   (1) The cardholder has filed with the bureau a completed
application for renewal of a firearms qualification card, on a form
prescribed by the director, dated and signed by the applicant under
penalty of perjury certifying that the information on the application
is true and correct.
   (2) The applicant has requalified on the range and has
successfully passed a written examination based on course content as
specified in the firearms training manual approved by the department
and taught at a training facility approved by the bureau.
   (3) The application is accompanied by a firearms requalification
fee as prescribed in this chapter.
   (4) The applicant has produced evidence to the firearm training
facility, either upon receiving his or her original qualification
card or upon filing for renewal of that card, that he or she is a
citizen of the United States or has permanent legal alien status in
the United States. Evidence of citizenship or permanent legal alien
status is that deemed sufficient by the bureau to ensure compliance
with federal laws prohibiting possession of firearms by persons
unlawfully in the United States and may include, but not be limited
to, Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Form I-151 or I-551, Alien Registration Receipt Card, naturalization
documents, or birth certificates evidencing lawful residence or
status in the United States.
   (c) An expired firearms qualification card may not be renewed. A
person with an expired registration is required to apply for a new
firearms qualification in the manner required of persons not
previously registered. A person whose card has expired shall not
carry a firearm until he or she has been issued a new firearms
qualification card by the bureau. 
   (d) Paragraph (2) of 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. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 7583.39
of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 7583.39 is
added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
   7583.39.  The bureau shall require, as a condition precedent to
the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued
maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee file or have
on file  with the bureau the following:   an

    (a)     An  insurance policy, as
defined in Section 7583.40. 
   (b) A certificate of workers' compensation coverage for its
employees issued by an admitted insurer. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   Section 7583.40 of
the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
   7583.40.  "Insurance policy," as used in this article, means a
contract of liability insurance issued by an insurance company
authorized to transact business in this state that provides minimum
limits of insurance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any one
loss due to bodily injury or death and one million dollars
($1,000,000) for any one loss due to injury or destruction of
property.