Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands authorizations for businesses of any size in Pennsylvania to install electrified security systems.

Highlights:

• Defines “electrified security system” as an outdoor alarm system intended to notify the owner of possible intrusion to a property, as well as any components of the system, which may include an energizer that periodically delivers shock pulses (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes any entity authorized to conduct business in the state to install an electrified security system (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that an electrified security system installation shall transmit a signal to the installer or a person that is monitoring the alarm, but may not directly connect to law enforcement (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that this Act does not apply to security alarm systems that do not attach to a security fence system capable of delivering an electric pulse (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 6).

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