7592.8.
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the local authorities of any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and within the exercise of the police power of the city, county, or city and county from:(a)
(1) Requiring alarm company operator licensees to meet the requirements for and obtain a
business permit.
(b)
(2) Requiring alarm agents or alarm company operators, or both, to register their name and file a copy of their state issued identification card with the city, county, or city and county. No fee, other than a fee for a business license permit, may be charged nor may any application be required by the city, county, or city and county for that registration.
(c)(1)
(3) (A) Enacting ordinances governing false alarm activations and responses.
(2)
(B) An alarm company operator or a contractor shall not be liable for civil penalties and fines assessed or imposed by a city, county, or city and county for excessive false alarms not attributed to alarm company operator error, improper installation of the alarm system by a contractor or an alarm company operator, or defective equipment
provided, installed, or leased by a contractor or an alarm company operator.
(d)
(4) Requiring persons who own, lease, rent, or otherwise possess an alarm system to obtain a permit to operate the alarm system.
(b) Except as otherwise required to comply with this chapter, this section shall not be construed to require the bureau to investigate, hear, or adjudicate a cause of action between an alarm company and a city, county, or city and county that pertains to liability for penalties imposed under
an ordinance enacted by the city, county, or city and county.