SB265 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Electronic Security Board of Licensure, alarm system installer changed to system installer, bd. authorized to meet via video conference, provide further for persons of bd and exemptions, criminal penalties provided for certain activities, Secs. 34-1A-1 to 34-1A-8, inclusive, am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the Electronic Security Board of Licensure is responsible for licensing and regulating installers of alarm systems, installers of electronic access control systems, traditional locksmiths, and installers of monitoring stations.

This bill would further provide for definitions, would change the name of an alarm system installer to system installer, and would further clarify the definition of a locksmith.

This bill would authorize the board and any committee of the board to meet via video conference.

This bill would provide further for the powers of the board.

This bill would provide further for exemptions.

This bill would provide for criminal penalties for advertising alarm system services or locksmith services to the public without possessing an active license or, as a licensee, practicing while on state or federal probation or parole without first notifying the board or providing unsolicited sales or installation, or both, of an alarm system or locking system at the home or property of a person who is age 60 or older or lacking the mental capacity to authorize the installation or service of an alarm system or locking system.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

Relating to the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure; to amend Sections 34-1A-1, 34-1A-2, 34-1A-3, 34-1A-4, 34-1A-5, 34-1A-6, 34-1A-7, and 34-1A-8, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for definitions; to change the name of an alarm system installer to system installer; to clarify the definition of locksmith; to authorize the board and any committee of the board to meet via video conference; to provide further for the powers of the board; to provide further for exemptions; to provide criminal penalties for advertising alarm system services or locksmith services to the public without possessing an active license or, with a license, practicing while on state or federal probation or parole without first notifying the board or providing unsolicited sales or installation at the home of a person who is age 60 or older, or lacking the mental capacity to authorize the installation or service; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

Subjects

Electronic Security Board of Licensure