PRIVATE COLLEGE SECURITY FORCE H.B. 5094 (H-1) & 5095 (H-2):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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House Bill 5094 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5095 (Substitute H-2 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Larry DeShazor (H.B. 5094)
Representative Jimmy Womack (H.B. 5095)
House Committee: Judiciary
Senate Committee: Education
CONTENT
House Bill 5094 (H-1) would amend the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act to permit the Commission to require a private college or university to pay a reasonable fee to the Department of State Police for any service identified under House Bill 5095 (H-2).
House Bill 5095 (H-2) would amend the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act to permit a private college or university to authorize a private college security force. The bill would do the following:
-- Require the governing board of a private college or university to obtain the approval of the prosecuting attorney and local law enforcement officials before creating a private college security force, and permit an individual to rescind that approval at any time.
-- Require the governing board to establish a private college security force oversight committee that would receive and address grievances against the force and its officers.
-- Establish qualifications for a private college security officer.
-- Authorize private college security officers to make arrests only on property owned or leased by the private college or university.
-- Require the State Police to administer the licensure of private college security forces.
The two bills are tie-barred to one another.
MCL 28.610 (H.B. 5094) Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
338.1052 et al. (H.B. 5095)
FISCAL IMPACT
According to the Department of State Police, the bills would require the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) to develop and implement a program of standards and regulation for what the MSP believes would be a new classification of law enforcement personnel: a private college security force. The cost incurred by MCOLES for such work cannot be determined at this time, but the Commission would be allowed to impose a reasonable fee for these services.
The bills also would have a minor fiscal impact on college and local government agencies, which would be required to provide administrative oversight for the proposed program.
Date Completed: 3-12-10 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb5094&5095/0910