September 19, 2012, Introduced by Senator HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Economic Development.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 330, entitled
"Private security business and security alarm act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 338.1052), as amended by 2010 PA 68.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) As used in this act:
(a) "Commission" means the commission on law enforcement
standards created under section 3 of the commission on law
enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.603.
(b)
"Department" means the department of energy, labor, and
economic
growth licensing and
regulatory affairs, except that in
reference to the regulation of private security police and private
college security forces, department means the department of state
police.
(c) "Governing board" means a board of regents, board of
trustees, board of governors, board of control, or other governing
body of an institution of higher education.
(d)
"Licensee" means a sole proprietorship, firm, company,
partnership,
limited liability company, or corporation person
licensed under this act.
(e) "Person" means an individual, limited liability company,
corporation, or other legal entity.
(f) (e)
"Private college security
force" means a security
force
created authorized under section 37.
(g) (f)
"Private security guard"
means an individual or an
employee of an employer who offers, for hire, to provide protection
of property on the premises of another, and includes an employee of
a private college security force.
(h) (g)
"Private security police"
means that part of a
business organization or educational institution primarily
responsible for the protection of property on the premises of the
business organization, but does not include a private college
security force.
(i) (h)
"Security alarm system"
means a detection device or an
assembly of equipment and devices arranged to signal the presence
of
a hazard requiring that
requires urgent attention or to which
police are expected to respond. Security alarm system includes any
system that can electronically cause an expected response by a law
enforcement agency to a premises by means of the activation of an
audible signal, visible signal, electronic notification, or video
signal, or any combination of these signals, to a remote monitoring
location on or off the premises. Security alarm system does not
include a video signal that is not transmitted over a public
communication system or a fire alarm system or an alarm system that
monitors temperature, humidity, or other condition not directly
related to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a
premises or an attempted robbery at a premises. Security alarm
system does not include an IP-enabled premises security,
monitoring, and control system as defined in section 2 of the
internet protocol-enabled premises security, monitoring, and
control act.
(j) (i)
"Security alarm system
agent" means a person an
individual employed by a security alarm system contractor whose
duties include the altering, installing, maintaining, moving,
repairing, replacing, selling, servicing, monitoring, responding
to, or causing others to respond to a security alarm system.
(k) (j)
"Security alarm system
contractor" means a sole
proprietorship,
firm, company, partnership, limited liability
company,
or corporation person engaged in the installation,
maintenance, alteration, monitoring, or servicing of security alarm
systems or who responds to a security alarm system. Security alarm
system contractor does not include a business that only sells or
manufactures security alarm systems unless the business services
security alarm systems, installs security alarm systems, monitors
or arranges for the monitoring of a security alarm system, or
responds
to security alarm systems at the a protected premises.
(l) (k)
"Security business" means
a person or business entity
engaged in offering, arranging, or providing 1 or more of the
following services:
(i) Security alarm system installation, service, maintenance,
alteration, or monitoring.
(ii) Private security guard.
(iii) Private security police.
(2)
All businesses furnishing that
provide security alarm
systems
for the protection of persons and property , and whose
employees and security technicians travel on public property and
thoroughfares
in the pursuit of their duties , are
subject to this
act.
(3)
A communications common carrier providing that provides
communications channels under tariffs for the transmission of
signals in connection with an alarm system is not subject to this
act.
(4)
Railroad policemen A
railroad policeman who is appointed
and commissioned under the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL
462.101
to 462.451, are exempt from is
not subject to this act.
(5) A system provider, as defined in section 2 of the internet
protocol-enabled premises security, monitoring, and control act,
that is registered under the internet protocol-enabled premises
security, monitoring, and control act is not subject to this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 1291
of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.