SB85 Alabama 2013 Session

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

To amend Sections 34-1A-1, 34-1A-3, 34-1A-5, as amended by Act 2012-177, 34-1A-6, 34-1A-7, and 34-1A-10 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Electronic Security Board of Licensure and providing for the licensure and regulation of alarm system installers and locksmiths, to further provide for the definition of locksmith, to provide that the powers of the board include making inspections relating to unlicensed operations, to provide for the issuance of licenses for a two-year period and for the renewals to be staggered, to further provide for exemptions and the application of exemptions, to specify that each offense would be punishable as provided by law, would further provide for civil enforcement, including civil fines, for violations of the licensure law; and would provide that in counties having a population of 30,000 or less, certain persons would be exempt from the operation of the law under certain conditions.