As used in this article 5.8, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (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. (2) Electronic fence detection system means a system that:

   1. (a) Is connected to an alarm system and to integrated components or equipment;
   2. (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;
   3. (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;
   4. (d) Is not located on real property that has been designated by a local government as exclusively for residential use;
   5. (e) Is located behind a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is not less than five feet in height;

   6. (f) Is the taller of:

      1. (I) Ten feet in height; or
      2. (II) Two feet taller than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; and
   7. (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. (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.