Heath Flora
- Republican
- Assemblymember
- District 9
Author
Existing law authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that meets specified requirements, including that the fence is used to protect and secure commercial or industrial property. Existing law also requires that the height of the fence not exceed 10 feet and be located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 6 feet high. This bill would recast those provisions to, instead, authorize the installation and operation of an electrified security fence to protect and secure commercial, manufacturing, or industrial property, or property zoned under another designation, but legally authorized to be used for a commercial, manufacturing, or industrial purpose. The bill would authorize the fence to interface with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the business, a monitoring service, or both. The bill would require an electrified security fence to be located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 5 feet in height and establish a height maximum of either 10 feet or up to 2 feet higher than an existing perimeter fence, whichever is greater. Existing law prohibits an owner of real property from installing and operating an electrified security fence where a local ordinance prohibits that installation and operation. If a local ordinance allows the installation and operation of an electrified security fence, existing law requires the installation and operation of the fence to meet both those specified requirements and the requirements of that ordinance. This bill would make conforming changes in these provisions, and would specify that a local ordinance that prohibits or regulates only specified animal control fencing does not apply to an electrified security fence.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 148, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2465.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2072.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Ordered to third reading.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1715.) (June 29).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1584.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB358 | HTML |
| 02/01/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/22/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/05/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/01/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/21 - Enrolled | |
| 08/31/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 05/04/21- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/07/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/25/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/12/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/20/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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