S.B. 88 Enrolled

SECURITY PERSONNEL LICENSING ACT
AMENDMENTS
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Dan R. Eastman
This act modifies the Security Personnel Licensing Act by creating a security personnel
licensing, education, and enforcement dedicated credit to educate and train licensees and
the general public and to help enforce the provisions of the Licensing Act. The act gives
the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing authority to issue citations for
violations of the Licensing Act and assess fines for cited offenses. The act expands the
definition of unlawful conduct used in the Licensing Act.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
58-63-501, as last amended by Chapter 271, Laws of Utah 2001
ENACTS:
58-63-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
58-63-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 58-63-103 is enacted to read:
58-63-103. Use of dedicated credits for licensing, education, and enforcement.
(1) The director may, with the concurrence of the board, use the monies collected
under Section 58-63-503 for the following purposes:
(a) educating and training licensees under this chapter;
(b) educating and training the general public or other interested persons in matters
concerning the laws that govern the practices licensed under this chapter; and
(c) enforcing this chapter by:
(i) investigating unprofessional or unlawful conduct; and
(ii) providing legal representation to the division when it takes legal action against a
person charged with unprofessional or unlawful conduct.

(2) The monies collected under Section 58-63-503 and used for the purposes listed in
Subsection (1) are nonlapsing.
Section 2. Section 58-63-501 is amended to read:
58-63-501. Unlawful conduct.
"Unlawful conduct" includes:
(1) [employing as] a contract security company employing the services of an unlicensed
armed private security officer or unarmed private security officer, except as provided under
Section 58-63-304 or 58-63-310 ; [and]
(2) filing with the division fingerprint cards for an applicant which are not those of the
applicant, or are in any other way false or fraudulent and intended to mislead the division in its
consideration of the qualifications of the applicant for licensure[.]; and
(3) practicing or engaging in, or attempting to practice or engage in activity for which a
license is required under this chapter, unless the individual:
(a) holds the appropriate license under this chapter; or
(b) is exempted from licensure as provided under Section 58-63-304 or 58-63-310 .
Section 3. Section 58-63-503 is enacted to read:
58-63-503. Penalties.
(1) Unless Subsection (2) applies, an individual who commits an act of unlawful conduct
under Section 58-63-501 or who fails to comply with a citation issued under this section after it
becomes final is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(2) The division may immediately suspend a license issued under this chapter of a person
who is given a citation for violating Subsection 58-63-501 (1) or (3).
(3) (a) If upon inspection or investigation, the division determines that a person has
violated Subsection 58-63-501 (1) or (3) or any rule made or order issued under those
subsections, and that disciplinary action is warranted, the director or the director's designee
within the division shall promptly issue a citation to the person and:
(i) attempt to negotiate a stipulated settlement; or
(ii) notify the person to appear for an adjudicative proceeding conducted under Title 63,

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Chapter 46b, Administrative Procedures Act.
(b) (i) The division may fine a person who is in violation of Subsection 58-63-501 (1) or
(3), as evidenced by an uncontested citation, a stipulated settlement, or a finding of a violation in
an adjudicative proceeding held under Subsection (3)(a)(ii), or order the person to cease and
desist from the violation, or do both.
(ii) Except for a cease and desist order, the division may not impose the licensure
sanctions listed in Section 58-63-401 through the issuance of a citation under this section.
(c) The citation shall:
(i) be in writing and describe the nature of the violation, including a reference to the
statute, rule, or order alleged to have been violated;
(ii) state the recipient must notify the division in writing within 20 calendar days of
issuance of the citation if the recipient wants to contest the citation at the adjudicative proceeding
referred to in Subsection (3)(a)(ii); and
(iii) explain the consequences of failure to timely contest the citation or to make payment
of any fines assessed under the citation with the time specified in the citation.
(d) (i) A citation issued under this section, or a copy of the citation, may be served upon
any person upon whom a summons may be served under the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.
(ii) The individual may be served personally or service may be made upon the
individual's agent, and in either case the service can be made by a division investigator, by a
person designated by the director, or by mail.
(e) (i) If within 20 days from the service of a citation the person to whom the citation was
issued fails to request a hearing to contest the citation, the citation becomes the final order of the
division and is not subject to further agency review.
(ii) The division may grant an extension of the 20-day period for cause.
(f) The division may refuse to issue or renew, suspend, revoke, or place on probation the
license of a licensee who fails to comply with a citation after it becomes final.
(g) The division may not issue a citation for an alleged violation under this section after
the expiration of six months following the occurrence of the alleged violation.

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(h) The director or the director's designee may assess fines under this section as follows:
(i) for a first offense under Subsection (3)(a), a fine of up to $1,000;
(ii) for a second offense under Subsection (3)(a), a fine of up to $2,000; and
(iii) for any subsequent offense under Subsection (3)(a), a fine of up to $2,000 for each
day of continued violation.
(i) (i) For purposes of issuing a final order under this section and assessing a fine under
Subsection (3)(h), an offense is a second or subsequent offense if:
(A) the division previously issued a final order determining that a person committed a
first or second offense in violation of Subsection 58-63-501 (1) or (3); or
(B) (I) the division initiated an action for a first or second offense;
(II) no final order has been issued by the division in an action initiated under Subsection
(3)(i)(i)(B)(I);
(III) the division determines during an investigation that occurred after the initiation of
the action under Subsection (3)(i)(i)(B)(I) that the person committed a second or subsequent
violation of Subsection 58-63-501 (1) or (3); and
(IV) after determining that the person committed a second or subsequent offense under
Subsection (3)(i)(i)(B)(III), the division issues a final order on the action initiated under
Subsection (3)(i)(i)(B)(I).
(ii) In issuing a final order for a second or subsequent offense under Subsection (3)(i)(i),
the division shall comply with the requirements of this section.
(4) (a) A fine imposed by the director under Subsection (3)(h) shall be deposited in the
General Fund as dedicated credits to be used by the division for the purposes listed in Section
58-63-103 .
(b) The director may collect a Subsection (3)(h) fine which is not paid by:
(i) referring the matter to the Office of State Debt Collection or a collection agency; or
(ii) bringing an action in the district court of the county in which the person resides or in
the county where the office of the director is located.
(c) The director may seek legal assistance from the attorney general or the county or

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district attorney of the district in which the action is brought to collect the fine.
(d) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the division for
successful actions under Subsection (4)(b)(ii).

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