BILL NUMBER: SB 582	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 835 to the Civil Code, relating to
electrified fences.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 582, as amended, 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. Existing law also
provides that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface
and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.
   This bill would authorize an owner of real property to install and
operate an electrified fence on his or her property if the property
is not in a residential  zone   zone, the fence
is identified by prominently placed warning signs,  and the
fence meets specified electrotechnical and local requirements.
   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.  Section 835 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   835.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of real property
may install and operate an electrified fence on his or her property
consistent with all of the following:
   (1) The property is not located in a residential zone.
   (2) The fence meets the requirements specified by the
International Electrotechnical Commission for electric fence
energizers in "International Standard  IEC  60335-2-76."

   (3) The fence is identified by prominently placed warning signs
that are legible from both sides of the fence. At a minimum, warning
signs shall be placed at each gate and access point, at intervals
along the fence not exceeding 10 meters, and adjacent to any other
signs relating to chemical, radiological, or biological hazards.

   (b) An owner of real property shall not install and operate an
electric fence where a local ordinance prohibits that installation
and operation. If a local ordinance allows the installation and
operation of an electric fence, the installation and operation of the
fence shall meet the requirements of that ordinance and the
requirements of paragraphs (1)  and (2)   to
(3),   inclusive,  of subdivision (a).