Bill Text: FL S0412 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Alarm Systems

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0412 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S0412-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 412
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
       
       
       
       
       
       40-00474-15                                            2015412__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alarm systems; amending s. 489.529,
    3         F.S.; authorizing a local law enforcement agency to
    4         establish a verification call program; providing
    5         registration, application, and notification
    6         requirements for such program; making technical
    7         changes; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 489.529, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         489.529 Alarm verification calls required.—
   14         (1) All residential or commercial intrusion or burglar
   15  alarm systems intrusion/burglary alarms that have central
   16  monitoring must have a central monitoring verification call made
   17  to the premises generating the alarm signal before, prior to
   18  alarm monitoring monitor personnel may contact contacting a law
   19  enforcement agency for alarm dispatch, except if an individual
   20  has registered with the local law enforcement agency for a
   21  verification call program. The central monitoring station must
   22  employ call-verification methods for the premises generating the
   23  alarm signal if the first call is not answered. However, if the
   24  intrusion or burglar alarm system has intrusion/burglary alarms
   25  have properly operating visual or auditory sensors that enable
   26  the monitoring personnel to verify the alarm signal,
   27  verification calling is not required.
   28         (2) A local law enforcement agency may establish a
   29  verification call program under which an individual who resides
   30  at a residential property with an intrusion or burglar alarm
   31  system may register with the local law enforcement agency for
   32  alarm dispatch before a verification call is made.
   33         (a) To participate in the program, an individual must
   34  register with the local law enforcement agency on an application
   35  form or in an electronic format prescribed by the local law
   36  enforcement agency and provide a primary and secondary telephone
   37  number to be used for verification calls.
   38         (b) Under the program, alarm monitoring personnel, upon
   39  receiving an alarm signal, must immediately notify the local law
   40  enforcement agency of the alarm signal and then contact the
   41  primary and secondary telephone numbers on file.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.