SB52 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2013

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tom Whatley
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Electronic Security Board of Licensure, alarm installers and locksmiths, inspections of unlicensed operations, licensure dates, criminal and civil enforcement, exclusion, licensure in counties less than 30,000, Secs. 34-1A-1, 34-1A-3, 34-1A-5, 34-1A-6, 34-1A-7, 34-1A-10 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Electronic Security Board of Licensure licenses and regulates alarm system installers and locksmiths.
This bill would provide that the definition of locksmith includes the installation or service of locks for motor vehicles, would specify that the powers of the board include making inspections relating to unlicensed operations, would authorize licenses to be staggered and issued for a two-year period and would delete the specified date of December 31 of each year for licenses to expire, would specify that businesses selling locks only over the counter or by mail order are exempt under the law and would clarify the application of exemptions, would specify that each offense would be punished as provided by law, and would further provide for civil enforcement of the law by injunctive relief and civil fines.
Under existing law, the licensure law does not apply in counties having a population of 30,000 inhabitants or less according to the most recent decennial census.
This bill would provide that the licensure law would not apply to an alarm installer in a county having a population of 30,000 or less if the person or business entity had a business license during the five-year period immediately preceding the enactment of this bill.
Subjects: Electronic Security Board of Licensure