An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1706 By: Leewright of the Senate
and
Sims of the House
An Act relating to security fences; amending 59 O.S.
2021, Section 1800.2, which relates to definitions;
adding definition for battery-powered security
fences; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1800.12, which
relates to municipal and county authority to adopt
ordinances; prohibiting certain municipal or county
ordinances; establishing requirements for use of
battery-powered security fences; requiring acceptable
commercial standards; providing specifications for
use on acceptable property; requiring posted signage;
providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
SUBJECT: Security fences
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1800.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1800.2. As used in the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire
Sprinkler Industry Act:
1. "Alarm industry" means the sale, except as provided in
Section 1800.3 of this title, installation, alteration, repair,
replacement, service, inspection, or main tenance of alarm systems or
service involving receipt of alarm signals for the purpose of
employee response and investigation of such signals or any
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combination of the foregoing activities except inspections on one-
and two-family dwellings are exempt;
2. "Alarm system" means one or more de vices designed either to
detect and signal an unauthorized intrusion or entry or to signal a
fire or other emergency cond ition, which signals are responded to by
public law enforcement officers, fire department personnel , private
guards or security officer s;
3. "Battery-charged security fence " means an alarm system and
ancillary components or equipment attached to such a sy stem
including, but not limited to, a fence, a battery-operated
energizer, which is intended to periodically deliver voltage
impulses to the fence connected to it, and a battery-charging device
used exclusively to charge the battery ;
4. "Committee" means the Alarm, and Locksmith and Fire
Sprinkler Industry Committee;
4. 5. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor;
5. 6. "Integrated security system " means a mechanical and/or
electronic security device that includes, but is not limited to,
multiple integrated locks, burglar alarm systems, access control
systems, fiber optic security systems, video surveillance systems,
and nurse call systems, but does not include a stand-alone-single-
element of an integrated security system;
6. 7. "Licensee" means any person licensed pursuant to the
Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act;
7. 8. "Lock" means mechanical or electronic devices consisting
entirely of Class 2 or Class 3 circuits and power sou rce
requirements as established by the National Electri cal Code and
designed to control use of a device or control ingress or egress of
a structure or automobile , including, but not limited to, peripheral
devices to alarm systems, safes, vaults, safe depos it boxes,
biometric/retina readers and mechanical or el ectronic key systems;
8. 9. "Locksmith industry" means the sale, servicing or
installing, repairing, rebuilding, readying, rekeying, repinning,
adjusting or installing locks, mechanical or electronic security
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devices, annunciation devices not designed to require a response by
law enforcement or opening or bypassing a lock by a means other than
those intended by the manufacturer of such devices. For the
purposes of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkl er Industry Act,
"mechanical or electronic security dev ices" includes, but is not
limited to, access control systems including peripheral devices to
alarm systems, fiber optic security systems, fire sprinklers, closed
circuit television, video surveillance and nurse call systems;
9. 10. "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, firm,
partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or
other similar entity; and
10. 11. "Residential alarm monitoring or service contract "
means a contract with end users for alarm monitoring and/or services
for individual residentia l premises for their own use.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1800.12, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1800.12. A. Any municipality or co unty may levy and
collect reasonable charges for alarm installation conn ections
located in or at a police or fire department which is owned,
operated or monitored by the municipality or county. Any
municipality or county may require discontinuance of serv ice of any
alarm signal device which, due to mechanical malfunction or f aulty
equipment, causes excessive false alarms and, in the opinion of the
appropriate county or municipal official, becomes a detriment to the
functions of the department involved. Th e municipality or county
may cause the disconnection of the device until the same is repaired
to the satisfaction of the appropriate official; however , the
municipality or county shall advise the owner or user of the device
of the disconnection in advance o r as soon as reasonably
practicable. The municipality or county may le vy and collect
reasonable reconnection fees. Mechanical malfunction and faulty
equipment shall not include, for the purpose of the Alarm, Locksmith
and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act, fal se alarms caused by human error
or an act of God.
B. No municipality m ay adopt any ordinance concerning the
licensing of any alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler industry
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business or individual which is or may be licensed pursuant to the
Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act.
C. No municipality or county may adopt any ordinance, order, or
regulation concerning the installation, operat ion, or usage of a
battery-charged security fence as long as the installation ,
operation, and usage of the battery -charged security fence follows
the requirements and standards prescrib ed in Section 3 of this act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1800.19 of Title 59, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
A battery-charged security fence shall meet the following
requirements:
1. Interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a man ner that
enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the
business or law enforcement in response to an intrusion or burglary;
2. Is located on a property that is not designated by a
municipality or county exclusively for residential u se;
3. Has an energizer that is powered by a commercial storage
battery that is not more than twelve (12) volts of direct current;
4. Has an energizer that meets the standards set forth by the
International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76,
current edition;
5. Is completely surrounded by a non -electric perimeter fence
or wall that is not less than five (5) feet in height;
6. Does not exceed ten (10) feet in height or two (2) feet
higher than the non-electric perimeter fence or wall described in
paragraph 5 of this section, whichever is higher; and
7. Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are lo cated on
the battery-charged security fence at not more than thirty-foot
intervals and display: "WARNING – ELECTRIC FENCE".
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SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by rea son whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 22nd day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representati ves the 27th day of April, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRET ARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __