CHAPTER 11.6. Alarm Companies [7590. - 7599.80.]
Chapter 11.6 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1210, Sec. 12.
§§ 7590–7599.80 · 145 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 7590–7590.6 · 6 sections
- § 7590 This chapter constitutes the chapter on alarm company operators and alarm agents. It may be cited as the Alarm Company Act.
- § 7590.1 The following terms as used in this chapter have the meaning expressed in this article: (a) (1) “Advertisement” means: (A) Any written or printed communication…
- § 7590.2 (a) An “alarm company operator” means a person who, for any consideration whatsoever, engages in business or accepts employment to install, maintain, alter,…
- § 7590.3 This chapter does not apply to: (a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by any employer who does not provide contract alarm services for other entities…
- § 7590.5 Notwithstanding any other requirements for licensure as an alarm company operator or for registration as an alarm agent pursuant to this chapter, an applicant…
- § 7590.6 (a) Notwithstanding any law, any application for a license, registration, certification, or permit required by this chapter shall be submitted electronically…
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 7591–7591.20 · 19 sections
- § 7591 There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. The bureau is under the supervision and control of the…
- § 7591.1 The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau at a salary to be fixed in accordance with Section 12080.3 of the Government Code. The chief shall serve under…
- § 7591.2 Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director under this chapter may be delegated to the chief, except that the director may not delegate…
- § 7591.3 The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, and Section 159.5, may appoint and fix the compensation of such clerical, inspection,…
- § 7591.4 The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any rule or regulation established under this chapter by unlicensed persons who engage in…
- § 7591.5 It shall be the duty of the chief to initiate and conduct investigations into the business operations of alarm company operators on his or her own motion, if…
- § 7591.6 The director, taking into consideration the recommendations of the advisory board, may establish and enforce such rules and regulations as may be reasonable…
- § 7591.7 The chief or his or her designee may inspect, examine, or investigate the relevant records, books, accounts, and files created and maintained by the alarm…
- § 7591.8 The director may automatically suspend a license, registration, or firearm qualification card if it is determined that the continued possession of such a…
- § 7591.9 If, upon investigation, the chief determines that an alarm company operator, a qualified manager, or an alarm agent is in violation of Sections 7597.1, 7597.2,…
- § 7591.10 (a) The director may deny a license, certificate, or registration regulated by this chapter on the grounds that the applicant has done any of the following:…
- § 7591.11 (a) The bureau shall deny a firearms permit, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29800) of Division 9 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, to any…
- § 7591.12 (a) When considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license, certificate, or registration, for which application has been made under this chapter,…
- § 7591.13 (a) The chief or his or her designee may issue a citation, in accordance with Section 148, against a person who is not otherwise exempt under this chapter and…
- § 7591.14 It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with Section 128.5 of the Business and Professions Code, that the bureau shall not maintain a reserve balance…
- § 7591.17 The Governor shall appoint an Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee. The disciplinary review committee shall consist of three members who are…
- § 7591.18 (a) The Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee shall perform the following functions: (1) Affirm, rescind, or modify all appealed decisions…
- § 7591.19 (a) (1) An alarm company operator, qualified manager, or alarm agent may request a review by the Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee to…
- § 7591.20 The disciplinary review committee shall be provided all evidence used by the bureau in reaching its decision prior to hearing an appeal.
ARTICLE 3. Application of Chapter §§ 7592–7592.9 · 7 sections
- § 7592 No person shall engage within this state in the activities of an alarm company operator as defined in Section 7590.2, unless the person holds a valid alarm…
- § 7592.2 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or who conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter, or who knowingly engages…
- § 7592.3 Any person who engages in any business regulated by this chapter, who acts as or represents himself or herself to be a licensee under this chapter, who falsely…
- § 7592.5 No person engaged in performing any service requiring a license under this chapter may bring or maintain any action in any court of this state for the…
- § 7592.6 Any person who knowingly falsifies fingerprints or photographs as required for any provisions of this chapter is guilty of a felony.
- § 7592.8 (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the local authorities of any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and within the exercise of the…
- § 7592.9 Notwithstanding Section 7592.8, a city, county, or city and county that requires a person who owns, leases, rents, or otherwise possesses an alarm system to…
ARTICLE 4. Licenses §§ 7593–7593.16 · 16 sections
- § 7593 An application for an alarm company operator license shall be made in writing to, and filed with, the chief in the form that may be required by the director…
- § 7593.1 (a) Each individual applicant, partner of a partnership, designated officer of a corporation, member, officer, or manager of a limited liability company, and a…
- § 7593.2 If the applicant for license is an individual, the application shall state the full name of the individual, the full residence address of the applicant, and…
- § 7593.3 If the applicants for license are copartners, the application shall state the true names and addresses of all the general partners and the name of the partner…
- § 7593.4 If the applicant for license is a corporation, the application shall state the true names and complete residence addresses of the chief executive officer,…
- § 7593.5 (a) If the applicant for a license is a limited liability company, the application shall state the true names and complete residence addresses of each member,…
- § 7593.6 (a) The director may refuse to issue a license to an applicant pending final disposition of an investigation of criminal activity or of a disciplinary action…
- § 7593.7 The chief shall issue a pocket identification card to the owner; any partner, officer, member, or manager active in the licensed business; and qualified…
- § 7593.8 The director shall issue a license, the form and content of which shall be determined in accordance with Section 164. In addition, the director shall issue a…
- § 7593.9 Each alarm company operator license, together with the current renewal certificate, if any, shall at all times be conspicuously displayed at the place of…
- § 7593.11 An alarm company operator license issued under this chapter expires at midnight on the last day of the month two years following the date of issuance unless…
- § 7593.12 An alarm company operator’s license not renewed within three years following its expiration may not be renewed thereafter. Renewal of the license within one…
- § 7593.13 A suspended alarm company operator license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not…
- § 7593.14 An alarm company operator whose license has been canceled pursuant to this article, may obtain a new license only upon compliance with all of the provisions of…
- § 7593.15 (a) Except as provided in this section, an alarm company operator license issued under this chapter is not assignable. (b) An alarm company operator may apply…
- § 7593.16 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may, in his or her sole discretion, grant a probationary license, certificate, registration, or…
ARTICLE 5. Licensed and Registered Locations §§ 7594–7594.6 · 7 sections
- § 7594 A licensee desiring to operate an alarm company operator business under one or more fictitious trade names shall apply and qualify for an initial license for…
- § 7594.1 A licensee desiring to operate an alarm company operator business at a location other than the principal place of business as shown on the license shall apply…
- § 7594.2 Every licensed business, including registered branch offices, shall be under the active charge of a qualified manager. Every licensed registered branch office…
- § 7594.3 (a) Whenever a qualified manager ceases to be in active charge of the business, the license shall be automatically suspended within 30 days unless the licensee…
- § 7594.4 Except as herein otherwise provided, no individual shall be in active charge of the business if the individual has ever had a license revoked for cause or has…
- § 7594.5 (a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or she is…
- § 7594.6 The designated branch office manager shall spend an average of 51 percent of the usual business hours in the conduct of the business at the registered branch…
ARTICLE 6. Firearms Permits and Permits for Other Deadly and Nonlethal Weapons §§ 7596–7596.13 · 12 sections
- § 7596 (a) Every person licensed, registered, or designated under this chapter, who in the course of their employment carries a firearm, shall complete a course of…
- § 7596.3 The director shall issue a firearms permit when all of the following conditions exist: (a) The applicant is a licensee, a qualified manager of a licensee, a…
- § 7596.4 (a) (1) If a firearms permit is denied, the denial of the permit shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the…
- § 7596.5 (a) The firearms qualification card shall be mailed to the applicant at the address that appears on the application. (b) This section shall become operative on…
- § 7596.6 A firearms qualification card does not authorize the holder thereof to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in…
- § 7596.7 A firearms qualification card expires two years from the date of issuance, if not renewed. A person who wishes to renew a firearms qualification card shall…
- § 7596.8 (a) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to state or…
- § 7596.81 (a) The bureau shall not renew a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, purchasing, or owning a firearm pursuant to state or…
- § 7596.82 (a) The Department of Justice may charge the bureau a fee sufficient to reimburse the department’s costs for furnishing firearm eligibility information upon…
- § 7596.83 (a) A firearm permit may be automatically revoked if at any time the Department of Justice notifies the bureau that the holder of the firearm permit is…
- § 7596.12 Every person licensed, registered, or designated under this chapter, who in the course of his or her employment carries tear gas, or any other nonlethal…
- § 7596.13 A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry tear gas, or any other nonlethal chemical agent, prior to ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the…
ARTICLE 7. Prohibited Acts and Citations for Firearms and Nonlethal Weapons §§ 7597–7597.6 · 6 sections
- § 7597 The director may assess fines as enumerated in this article pursuant to Section 7591.9. Assessment of administrative fines shall be independent of any other…
- § 7597.1 (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or alarm agent shall not carry, use, or possess a loaded or unloaded firearm in the course and scope…
- § 7597.2 (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or alarm agent shall not carry any inoperable, replica, or other simulated firearm. (b) A violation…
- § 7597.3 (a) No licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or alarm agent shall use a firearm which is in violation of law, or in knowing violation of the…
- § 7597.5 (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or alarm agent shall not carry or use tear gas or any other nonlethal chemical agent in the…
- § 7597.6 (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or alarm agent shall not carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon…
ARTICLE 8. Powers to Arrest and Registration of Employees §§ 7598.1–7598.17 · 14 sections
- § 7598.1 (a) Every person entering the employ of a licensee, performing the function of an alarm agent who responds to alarm systems shall complete a course in the…
- § 7598.2 (a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee.…
- § 7598.3 (a) No employee of a licensee performing the function of an alarm agent who responds to alarm systems shall be issued a firearms qualification card until…
- § 7598.4 (a) Within three working days after commencing employment, any employee performing the function of alarm agent, who is not currently registered with the…
- § 7598.5 The application for registration under this article shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by the fee as prescribed in this…
- § 7598.6 The application shall be verified and shall include the following: (a) The full name, residence address, telephone number, and date of birth of the employee.…
- § 7598.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employee of a licensee may be assigned to work with a temporary application for registration until the bureau…
- § 7598.8 No employee of a licensee shall carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession a valid alarm agent registration card and a valid…
- § 7598.9 The bureau, upon receipt of a criminal offense record or record of a subsequent arrest from the California Department of Justice, shall make an immediate…
- § 7598.11 If the chief determines that an applicant’s criminal history contains arrest information for which there appears no disposition, the chief shall issue a notice…
- § 7598.12 If the director determines that continued employment of an applicant or registrant, in his or her current capacity, may present an undue hazard to public…
- § 7598.14 Upon approval of an application for registration, the chief shall cause to be issued to the applicant, at their last known address, a registration card in a…
- § 7598.16 A licensee shall at all times be responsible for ascertaining that his or her employees subject to registration are currently registered or have made proper…
- § 7598.17 (a) A registration issued under this chapter expires at midnight on the last day of the month two years following the date of issuance unless renewed. At least…
ARTICLE 9. Prohibited Acts and Citations for Registered Employees §§ 7598.50–7598.53 · 3 sections
- § 7598.50 The director may assess fines as enumerated in this article pursuant to Section 7591.9. Assessment of administrative fines shall be independent of any other…
- § 7598.51 (a) (1) An alarm agent shall carry on their person, while on duty, either a valid and current registration card or a temporary application for registration and…
- § 7598.53 An alarm agent who responds to an alarm system shall wear a prominently displayed patch or other designation which clearly identifies the name of the licensee.…
ARTICLE 10. Alarm Company Operators—Qualifications and Examination §§ 7599–7599.10 · 8 sections
- § 7599 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an applicant for a qualified manager certificate for an alarm company operator license shall: (a) Have had at…
- § 7599.4 The director shall issue a qualified manager certificate to any person meeting the requirements of Section 7599. The certificate shall be posted, along with…
- § 7599.5 Examinations shall be given at least once every other month at such places and on such specific dates as the director may from time to time determine and fix.
- § 7599.6 In order to be eligible for an initial examination, an applicant shall have completed and filed his or her application together with the application fee…
- § 7599.7 If an applicant fails to pass an initial examination or fails to appear as scheduled for an examination, he or she shall not be eligible for any subsequent…
- § 7599.8 All applicants shall be examined concerning their competency, experience, and qualifications by the chief. The chief may take testimony of anyone in regard…
- § 7599.9 If an applicant fails to complete his or her application within one year after it has been filed, or fails to take the examination within a one-year period…
- § 7599.10 Every qualified manager certificate issued under this chapter shall be subject to the same renewal provisions which apply to an alarm company operator license…
ARTICLE 11. Alarm Company Operators—Licensed and Registered Locations §§ 7599.20–7599.29 · 7 sections
- § 7599.20 For purposes of this article, “branch office” means any additional location, other than the alarm company operator’s principal place of business, where the…
- § 7599.21 Any licensed alarm company operator, who maintains or proposes to maintain a branch office as defined in this article, shall apply and qualify for a branch…
- § 7599.22 The application for a branch office registration under this article shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by the fee as set…
- § 7599.23 The application shall include: (a) The full name, address of the licensed location, telephone number at the licensed location, the name of the qualified…
- § 7599.24 Upon receipt of the application for a branch office registration, the chief shall issue a “Branch Office Registration.” The registration shall be posted in a…
- § 7599.25 Each branch office registration shall be managed and supervised by a designated branch office manager. However, each registered branch office and designated…
- § 7599.29 Every branch office registration issued under this chapter shall be subject to the same renewal provisions which apply to a license as set forth in Sections…
ARTICLE 12. Alarm Company Operators—Conduct of Business, Prohibited Acts and Citations §§ 7599.30–7599.59 · 29 sections
- § 7599.30 The director may assess fines for any violation as enumerated in this article, pursuant to Section 7591.9. Assessment of administrative fines shall be…
- § 7599.31 For purposes of this article, “licensee” means an alarm company operator. A licensee shall at all times be responsible for those actions of his or her…
- § 7599.32 (a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change of its officers, members, or managers required to be named pursuant to Section 7593.4 or…
- § 7599.33 A licensee shall not conduct business, as defined in Section 7599.20, from any location other than that location for which a license or branch office…
- § 7599.34 (a) A licensee shall not conduct a business as an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation unless the licensee holds a valid license…
- § 7599.345 Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2030, a licensee shall not conduct business under this chapter as a limited liability company.
- § 7599.36 (a) Each licensee shall maintain a file or record containing the name, address, commencing date of employment, and position of each employee, and the date of…
- § 7599.37 (a) Each licensee shall maintain an accurate and current record of proof of completion of the course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the…
- § 7599.38 (a) Each licensee shall certify an employee’s completion of the course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force, or…
- § 7599.39 Within three working days, each licensee shall verify proof of current and valid registration issued by the bureau for each employee who is subject to…
- § 7599.40 A licensee shall not allow any employee to carry a firearm or other deadly weapon without first ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the use of each…
- § 7599.41 A licensee shall maintain an accurate and current record of all firearms or other deadly weapons that are in the possession of the licensee, or of any employee…
- § 7599.42 Within seven days after any violent incident involving a dangerous weapon that has been caused by or occurred upon a licensee or any officer, partner, member,…
- § 7599.43 Within seven days after receiving a final civil court judgment filed against the licensee or any officer, partner, member, manager, qualified manager, or…
- § 7599.44 (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain the licensee’s name and license number as they appear in the records of…
- § 7599.45 A licensee or employee of a licensee shall not enter any private building or portion thereof, excepting premises open to the public, without the consent of the…
- § 7599.46 No licensee shall aid and abet an unlicensed alarm company operator in any activity for which a license is required. A violation of this section may result in…
- § 7599.47 No licensee shall transfer his or her license. This means that no licensee shall permit an employee or agent, in his or her own name, to advertise, engage…
- § 7599.48 No licensee, or officer, partner, member, manager, qualified manager, or employee of a licensee, shall knowingly make any false report to his or her employer…
- § 7599.49 No licensee shall abandon the completion of any installation of an alarm system without legal excuse. A violation of this section may result in a fine of one…
- § 7599.50 No licensee shall willfully depart from or disregard any plans or specifications, or in the absence of specific requirements, within the plans or…
- § 7599.51 No licensee shall willfully or deliberately disregard any building laws, safety law, or labor laws of the state or any political subdivision thereof. A…
- § 7599.52 No licensee shall fail in any material respect to complete any alarm system installation for the price stated in the contract for the alarm system. A violation…
- § 7599.53 No licensee shall willfully refuse, without legal excuse, to pursue the installation of an alarm system with reasonable diligence, causing material injury to…
- § 7599.54 (a) Except as provided by Section 7599.56, every agreement, including, but not limited to, lease agreements, monitoring agreements, and service agreements,…
- § 7599.55 No licensee shall make any untrue or misleading statements in connection with the business of the licensee. “Untrue or misleading statements” include, but are…
- § 7599.56 (a) Contracts for services or other activities authorized by Section 7599.54 may be conducted by electronic means. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of…
- § 7599.58 No alarm company operator shall: (a) Knowingly install a defective alarm system. (b) Willfully fail to service the alarm system pursuant to the terms of the…
- § 7599.59 The director may assess administrative fines of fifty dollars ($50) against any licensee, qualified certificate holder, firearms qualification card holder, or…
ARTICLE 13. Disciplinary Proceedings §§ 7599.60–7599.63 · 4 sections
- § 7599.60 Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Section…
- § 7599.61 The director may suspend or revoke an alarm company operator license, a qualified manager certificate, an alarm agent registration, or a firearms permit,…
- § 7599.62 Notwithstanding any other law, the failure of any person licensed to do business as a corporation or limited liability company in this state to be registered…
- § 7599.63 The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of conviction as that term is used in Section 7591.10.
ARTICLE 14. Revenue §§ 7599.70–7599.75 · 6 sections
- § 7599.70 The bureau shall establish and assess fees and penalties for licensure and registration as follows: (a) An alarm company operator license application fee shall…
- § 7599.71 The director shall furnish one copy of any issue or edition of the licensing law, rules and regulations, manuals, or guides to any applicant or licensee…
- § 7599.72 The department shall receive and account for all money derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report that money to the…
- § 7599.73 Application or licensee fees shall not be refunded except in accordance with Section 158.
- § 7599.74 All money derived from Section 7591.9 shall be used to support the bureau’s enforcement program.
- § 7599.75 There shall be a separate budget and expenditure statement and a separate revenue statement outlining all moneys derived from and expended for the licensing…
ARTICLE 15. Review § 7599.80 · 1 section
- § 7599.80 Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the bureau, as set forth in this chapter, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy…