Bill Text: CA SB582 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Electrified fences.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 273, Statutes of 2015. [SB582 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB582-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 582	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act  to add Section 835 to the Civil Code,   relating
to electrified fences.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 582, as amended, Hall. Electrified fences.
   Existing law prohibits an electrified fence to be offered for
sale, sold, installed, or used in the state, or otherwise connected
to a source of electrical current, unless the electrical current is
limited and regulated by an electrical controller that meets or
exceeds specified standards or specifications.  Existing law also
provides that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface
and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it. 
   This bill would  express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would require electrified fences installed in the
state to be approved for installation to confirm the installed
apparatus meets a specified standard.   authorize an
owner of real property to install and operate an electrified fence on
his or her property if the property is not in a residential zone and
the fence meets specified electrotechnical and local requirements.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 835 is added to the  
Civil Code   , to read:  
   835.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of real property
may install and operate an electrified fence on his or her property
consistent with all of the following:
   (1) The property is not located in a residential zone.
   (2) The fence meets the requirements specified by the
International Electrotechnical Commission for electric fence
energizers in "International Standard 60335-2-76."
   (b) An owner of real property shall not install and operate an
electric fence where a local ordinance prohibits that installation
and operation. If a local ordinance allows the installation and
operation of an electric fence, the installation and operation of the
fence shall meet the requirements of that ordinance and the
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a). 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would require electrified fences installed
in the state to be approved for installations to confirm the
installed apparatus meets the IEC 60335-2-76 Standard until an
American Standard is established.