Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.1075

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs, except that in reference to the regulation of private security police and private college security forces, department means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Licensee: means a person licensed under this act. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Private security guard: means an individual or an employee of an employer who offers, for hire, to provide protection of property on the premises of another, and includes an employee of a private college security force. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Private security police: means that part of a business organization or educational institution primarily responsible for the protection of property on the premises of the business organization, but does not include a private college security force. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Security alarm system: means a detection device or an assembly of equipment and devices that is arranged to signal the presence of a hazard that requires urgent attention and is remotely monitored by a central monitoring system. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Security business: means a person engaged in offering, arranging, or providing 1 or more of the following services:
  (i) Security alarm system installation, service, maintenance, alteration, or monitoring. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  (1) Subject to section 9(5), a license granted under this act may be renewed by the department upon application by the licensee, filing a renewal surety bond in the amount specified in section 9, and the payment of a renewal fee of $100.00 if a sole proprietorship, $150.00 if a private security police organization, a private college police force, or a private security guard firm, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, or $250.00 if a security alarm system contractor.
  (2) A renewal license shall be dated as of the expiration date of the previously existing license. For the renewal of a license, the licensee shall submit an application in a form provided by the department. The department may defer the renewal of license if there is an uninvestigated outstanding criminal complaint pending against the licensee or a criminal case pending in any court against the licensee.
  (3) A person who fails to renew a license on or before the expiration date shall not engage in activities regulated by this act. A person who fails to renew a license on or before the expiration date may, within 30 days after the expiration date, renew the license by payment of the required license fee and a late renewal fee of $25.00. An applicant who fails to renew within the 30-day period must reapply for a license under section 7.
  (4) The fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited into the security business fund created in section 9(9).