BILL NUMBER: AB 1042 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2015 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 bemet.met and would include examples of the security officer's duties that may 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 meetsoneeither of the following criteria: (1)Is required toHe or she may wear a distinctive uniform or marked shirt or jacket clearly identifying the individual as a security officer. (2)Is likely toHe or she may interact with the public while performing his or herduties.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, 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.