Electrified security fences.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes a claim that local governments cannot stop or control fence installations except in specific areas. However, this is not supported by the official source material provided.

Electrified Security Fences

This law extends indefinitely the permission for property owners to install electrified security fences on their land without a time limit.

What This Bill Does

• Extends indefinitely the ability of property owners to put up electrified security fences on their land.
• Removes the requirement that these fences must use solar-charged batteries with no more than 12 volts of direct current after January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• Property owners who want to install electrified security fences on their land.
• Local governments that currently regulate where and how these fences can be installed.

Terms To Know

Electrified Security Fence

A fence with an electrical system designed to deter intruders or unauthorized access.

Local Ordinance

Rules made by cities, counties, or other local governments that apply within their area.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if an electrified fence causes harm to people or animals.
• It is unclear how this law will affect existing regulations on the use of electricity in fences after January 1, 2028.

Official Summary Text

AB 1622, as introduced, Blanca Rubio.
Electrified security fences.
Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that is powered by an electrical energizer, driven by solar-charged batteries of no more than 12 volts of direct current, and used to protect and secure manufacturing or industrial property, or property zoned under another designation, but legally authorized to be used for a commercial purpose that stores, parks, services, sells, or rents vehicles or other materials, subject to specified conditions. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from prohibiting or conditioning the installation of an electrified security fence, as described above, except for requiring an administrative permit to confirm a fence abutting a property in residential use, or within 300 feet of a public park, childcare facility, recreation center, community
center, or school facility, meets certain requirements. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028.
Existing law, starting January 1, 2028, authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that is powered by an electrical energizer, and used 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, subject to specified conditions and subject to prohibitions imposed by a city, county, or city and county through a local ordinance.
This bill would indefinitely extend the operation of the electrified security fence provisions subject to repeal on January 1, 2028, and would repeal the provisions that become operative on January 1, 2028.
The bill would
include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Current Bill Text

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