As used in this article 5.8, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Alarm system" means a new or existing system that includes one or more monitored devices that can, if there is an intrusion on real property that is used for business purposes, transmit a signal to the business, a monitoring company authorized by the business owner, or law enforcement so that the business or law enforcement may respond to the intrusion.
(2) "Electronic fence detection system" means a system that:
(a) Is connected to an alarm system and to integrated components or equipment;
(b) At the time a fence is installed, has an energizer powered by a twelve-volt commercial storage battery that meets the standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission standard 60335-2-76;
(c) Includes a battery-charged fence detector that, when contacted, causes the alarm system to transmit a signal to the business, a monitoring company authorized by the business owner, or law enforcement;
(d) Is not located on real property that has been designated by a local government as exclusively for residential use;
(e) Is located behind a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than five feet in height;
(f) Is the taller of:
(I) Ten feet in height; or
(II) Two feet taller than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; and
(g) Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the fence at not more than thirty-foot intervals and that read: "Warning: Electric Fence".
(3) "Local government" means a statutory or home rule county, city and county, or city.
Source: L. 2025: Entire article added, (HB 25-1060), ch. 152, p. 616, § 2, effective August 6.