Bill Text: FL S0190 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Alarm Systems

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 241 (Ch. 2017-52) [S0190 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2017                       CS for CS for SB 190
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Community Affairs; and Regulated
       Industries; and Senator Artiles
       
       
       
       
       578-02409-17                                           2017190c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to low-voltage electric fences;
    3         amending s. 553.793, F.S.; redefining the term “low
    4         voltage alarm system project” to include low-voltage
    5         electric fences; defining the term “low-voltage
    6         electric fence”; providing requirements for a low
    7         voltage electric fence to be permitted as a low
    8         voltage alarm system project; conforming a cross
    9         reference; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Present subsections (3) through (10) of section
   14  553.793, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   15  through (11), respectively, subsection (1) and present
   16  subsection (6) of that section are amended, and a new subsection
   17  (3) is added to that section, to read:
   18         553.793 Streamlined low-voltage alarm system installation
   19  permitting.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   21         (a) “Contractor” means a person who is qualified to engage
   22  in the business of electrical or alarm system contracting
   23  pursuant to a certificate or registration issued by the
   24  department under part II of chapter 489.
   25         (b) “Low-voltage alarm system project” means a project
   26  related to the installation, maintenance, inspection,
   27  replacement, or service of a new or existing alarm system, as
   28  defined in s. 489.505, which that is hardwired and operating at
   29  low voltage, as defined in the National Electrical Code Standard
   30  70, Current Edition, or a new or existing low-voltage electric
   31  fence, and ancillary components or equipment attached to such a
   32  system or fence, including, but not limited to, home-automation
   33  equipment, thermostats, closed-circuit television systems,
   34  access controls, battery-charging devices, and video cameras.
   35         (c) “Low-voltage electric fence” means an alarm system, as
   36  defined in s. 489.505, consisting of a fence structure and an
   37  energizer powered by a commercial storage battery not exceeding
   38  12 volts which produces an electric charge upon contact with the
   39  fence structure.
   40         (d) “Wireless alarm system” means a burglar alarm system or
   41  smoke detector that is not hardwired.
   42         (3) A low-voltage electric fence must meet all of the
   43  following requirements to be permitted as a low-voltage alarm
   44  system project, and no further permit shall be required for such
   45  low-voltage alarm system project other than as provided in this
   46  section:
   47         (a) The electric charge produced by the low-voltage
   48  electric fence upon contact does not exceed energizer
   49  characteristics set forth in paragraph 22.108 and depicted in
   50  Figure 102 of International Electrotechnical Commission Standard
   51  No. 60335-2-76, Current Edition.
   52         (b) A nonelectric fence or wall must completely enclose the
   53  low-voltage electric fence. The low-voltage electric fence may
   54  be up to 2 feet higher than the perimeter nonelectric fence or
   55  wall.
   56         (c) The low-voltage electric fence must be identified using
   57  warning signs attached to the fence at intervals of not more
   58  than 60 feet.
   59         (d) The low-voltage electric fence may not be installed in
   60  an area zoned exclusively for single-family or multi-family
   61  residential use.
   62         (e) The low-voltage electric fence may not enclose portions
   63  of a property which are used for residential purposes.
   64         (7)(6) A contractor is not required to notify the local
   65  enforcement agency before commencing work on a low-voltage alarm
   66  system project. However, a contractor must submit a Uniform
   67  Notice of a Low-Voltage Alarm System Project as provided under
   68  subsection (8) (7) to the local enforcement agency within 14
   69  days after completing the project. A local enforcement agency
   70  may take disciplinary action against a contractor who fails to
   71  timely submit a Uniform Notice of a Low-Voltage Alarm System
   72  Project.
   73         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.