Bill Text: TX SB2307 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain battery-charged fences by municipalities and counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2307-Introduced.html
86R12014 JCG-F | ||
By: Taylor | S.B. No. 2307 |
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relating to the regulation of certain battery-charged fences by | ||
municipalities and counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 250.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 250.009. BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES. (a) In this | ||
section, "alarm system" means an alarm system for which a permit may | ||
be issued under Subchapter F or F-1, Chapter 214, or Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 233. | ||
(b) This section applies only to a battery-charged fence | ||
that: | ||
(1) interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that | ||
enables the fence to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a | ||
signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to a | ||
burglary; | ||
(2) is located on property that is not designated by a | ||
municipality or county for residential use; | ||
(3) has an energizer that is driven by a commercial | ||
storage battery that is not more than 12 volts of direct current; | ||
(4) produces an electric charge on contact that does | ||
not exceed energizer characteristics set for electric fence | ||
energizers by the International Electrotechnical Commission as | ||
published in the commission's standards on June 29, 2018; | ||
(5) is completely surrounded by a nonelectric | ||
perimeter fence or wall that is not less than five feet in height; | ||
(6) is not more than the higher of: | ||
(A) 10 feet in height; or | ||
(B) two feet higher than the height of the | ||
nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; and | ||
(7) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are | ||
located on the battery-charged fence at not less than 60-foot | ||
intervals and that read: "WARNING--ELECTRIC FENCE." | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality or county | ||
may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, or regulation that: | ||
(1) requires a permit for the installation or use of a | ||
battery-charged fence to which this section applies that is in | ||
addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or | ||
county; | ||
(2) imposes installation or operational requirements | ||
for the battery-charged fence that are inconsistent with the | ||
standards described by Subsection (b); or | ||
(3) prohibits the installation or use of a | ||
battery-charged fence. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |