101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4701
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Kathleen Willis
 
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. Defines terms. Limits home rule powers.
  


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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 a new or existing alarm 
11system and ancillary components or equipment attached to such a 
12system including but not limited to a fence, an energizer 
13powered by a commercial storage battery not exceeding 12 volts 
14which produces a short electric pulsed charge upon contact with 
15the fence and battery charging device used exclusively to 
16charge the battery.
 
17    Section 10. Regulation of battery-charged fence alarms. 
18Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or 
19county may not:

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