Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 768
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/27/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 97 and 98
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 489.529, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read
    7         489.529 (1) Alarm verification calls required.—All
    8  residential or commercial intrusion/burglary alarms that have
    9  central monitoring must have a central monitoring verification
   10  call made to the premises generating the alarm signal, prior to
   11  alarm monitor personnel contacting a law enforcement agency for
   12  alarm dispatch. The central monitoring station must employ call
   13  verification methods for the premises generating the alarm
   14  signal if the first call is not answered. However, if the
   15  intrusion/burglary alarms have properly operating visual or
   16  auditory sensors that enable the monitoring personnel to verify
   17  the alarm signal, or upon authorization as provided in
   18  subsection (2), verification calling is not required.
   19         (2) A residential or commercial intrusion/burglary alarm
   20  customer may give written authorization to the central
   21  monitoring alarm system company to contact a law enforcement
   22  agency immediately upon receiving an alarm signal. The customer
   23  giving the authorization is responsible for any penalties
   24  resulting from any false alarm signals.
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 22
   30  and insert: or occupant of the property; amending s. 489.529,
   31  F.S.; providing for written consent to monitoring company to
   32  contact law enforcement; providing an effective
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