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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="19-902" title_number="19" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Regulation" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Security Systems">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Battery–charged fence security system” means an alarm security system that includes a fence, a battery–operated energizer connected to the fence and intended to periodically deliver voltage impulses to the fence, a battery–charging device used exclusively to charge the battery, and any other ancillary components and attached equipment.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Battery–charged fence security system” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>deer fencing;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>livestock fencing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a wireless security system as defined in § 19–901 of this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Deer fencing” means fencing that is engineered to exclude or contain deer or elk.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only to a battery–charged fence security system that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to alert the owner of the battery–charged fence security system or law enforcement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has an energizer that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is powered by a commercial storage battery that provides not more than 12 volts of direct current; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meets the standards set forth in the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335–2–76, current edition;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is located:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>behind a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least 5 feet tall; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on property that is not zoned as residential use only;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is not taller than 10 feet or 2 feet taller than the height of the perimeter fence or wall, whichever is taller; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>is marked with warning signs posted conspicuously on the fence at 30–foot intervals that state: “warning – electric fence”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A local government may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>require a person who provides a battery–charged fence security system to comply with a local alarm ordinance or obtain an alarm business registration or permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require a person who operates or causes to be operated a battery–charged fence security system to comply with a local alarm ordinance or obtain an alarm system registration or permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>require an installer, on completion of a newly installed battery–charged fence security system, to submit to the local government an affidavit that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the address of the installation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the name of the installer;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the date of the installation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>an affirmation that the criteria in subsection (b) of this section are satisfied; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>inspect the newly–installed battery–charged fence security system after receipt of an affidavit under item (iii) of this paragraph, if required.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If, following an inspection conducted by a local government under paragraph (1)(iv) of this subsection, a battery–charged fence security system fails to comply with the criteria required under subsection (b) of this section, a local government may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue a citation:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>describing the specific noncompliance; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>requiring that the battery–charged fence security system be made compliant within a time period required by the local government; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>impose, if a battery–charged fence security system is not made compliant, a fine not exceeding $500.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A local government may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>impose additional installation or operational requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require a person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection to obtain an electrical permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>prohibit the use of a battery–charged fence security system that is intended to be used for security; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>require additional permits or fees other than those described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Battery–charged fence security systems are not exempt from Title 18 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
