Bill Text: IL SB2308 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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. Defines terms. Limits home rule powers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2308 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2308-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Battery-Charged Fence Alarm Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Alarm system" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Section 5-10 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Battery-charged fence alarm" means a new or existing alarm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | system and ancillary components or equipment attached to such a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | system including but not limited to a fence, an energizer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | powered by a commercial storage battery not exceeding 12 volts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | which produces a short electric pulsed charge upon contact with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | the fence and battery charging device used exclusively to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | charge the battery.
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17 | Section 10. Regulation of battery-charged fence alarms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | county may not:
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20 | (1) require a permit or fee for the installation or use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | of a battery-charged fence alarm that is in addition to an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; |
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1 | (2) imposes 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 the business or law | ||||||
7 | enforcement in response to an intrusion or burglary; | ||||||
8 | (B) is located on property that is not designated | ||||||
9 | by a municipality or county exclusively for | ||||||
10 | residential use; | ||||||
11 | (C) has an energizer that is driven by a commercial | ||||||
12 | storage battery that is not more than 12 volts of | ||||||
13 | direct current; | ||||||
14 | (D) produces an electric charge on contact that | ||||||
15 | does not exceed energizer characteristics set for | ||||||
16 | electric fence energizers by the International | ||||||
17 | Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335.2.76, | ||||||
18 | Current Edition; | ||||||
19 | (E) is completely surrounded by a non-electric | ||||||
20 | perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in | ||||||
21 | height; | ||||||
22 | (F) is not more than the higher of: | ||||||
23 | (A) ten feet in height, or | ||||||
24 | (B) two feet higher than the height of the | ||||||
25 | non-electric perimeter fence or wall; and | ||||||
26 | (G) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that |
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1 | are located on the battery-charged fence at not more | ||||||
2 | than 40-foot intervals and that reads: | ||||||
3 | "WARNING—ELECTRIC FENCE"; or | ||||||
4 | (3) prohibit the installation or use of a | ||||||
5 | battery-charged fence alarm.
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6 | Section 15. Home Rule. A home rule unit may not regulate | ||||||
7 | battery-charged fence alarms in a manner inconsistent with this | ||||||
8 | Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 | ||||||
9 | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | ||||||
10 | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | ||||||
11 | by the State.
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