102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4073
 
Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



New Act

 Creates the Battery-Charged Fence Alarm Act. Provides that a municipality or county may not: (1) require a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged fence alarm that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; (2) impose installation or operational requirements for the battery-charged fence that are inconsistent with the Act; or (3) prohibit the installation or use of a battery-charged fence alarm. Defines terms. Limits home rule powers.



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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Battery-Charged Fence Alarm Act.

6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7 "Alarm system" has the meaning given to that term in 
8Section 5-10 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private 
9Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
10 "Battery-charged fence alarm" means an alarm system and 
11ancillary components or equipment attached to such a system, 
12including, but not limited to, a fence that is connected to 
13battery-operated energizer which is intended to periodically 
14deliver voltage impulses to the fence and battery charging 
15device used exclusively to charge the battery.

16 Section 10. Regulation of battery-charged fence alarms. 
17Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or 
18county may not:

19  (1) require a permit or fee for the installation or 
20 use of a battery-charged fence alarm that is in addition 
21 to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or 
22 county;
 
 
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1  (2) impose installation or operational requirements 
2 for a battery-charged fence alarm other than the following 
3 requirements:
4   (A) interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a 
5 manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a 
6 signal intended to summon a business or law 
7 enforcement agency in response to an intrusion or 
8 burglary;
9   (B) is located on property that is not designated 
10 by a municipality or county exclusively for 
11 residential use;
12   (C) has an energizer that is driven by a 
13 commercial storage battery that is not more than 12 
14 volts of direct current;
15   (D) produces an electric charge on contact that 
16 does not exceed energizer characteristics set for 
17 electric fence energizers by the International 
18 Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335.2.76, 
19 Current Edition;
20   (E) is completely surrounded by a non-electric 
21 perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in 
22 height;
23   (F) is not more than the higher of:
24    (i) ten feet in height, or
25    (ii) two feet higher than the height of the 
26 non-electric perimeter fence or wall; and
 
 
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1   (G) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that 
2 are located on the battery-charged fence at not more 
3 than 40-foot intervals and that reads: 
4 "WARNING—ELECTRIC FENCE"; or
5  (3) prohibit the installation or use of a 
6 battery-charged fence alarm.

7 Section 15. Home Rule. A home rule unit may not regulate 
8battery-charged fence alarms in a manner inconsistent with 
9this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of 
10Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the 
11concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions 
12exercised by the State.