BILL NUMBER: SB 582	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to electrified fences.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 582, as introduced, Hall. Electrified fences.
   Existing law prohibits an electrified fence to be offered for
sale, sold, installed, or used in the state, or otherwise connected
to a source of electrical current, unless the electrical current is
limited and regulated by an electrical controller that meets or
exceeds specified standards or specifications.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would require electrified fences installed in the
state to be approved for installation to confirm the installed
apparatus meets a specified standard.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require electrified fences installed in the
state to be approved for installations to confirm the installed
apparatus meets the IEC 60335-2-76 Standard until an American
Standard is established.