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Ch. 26
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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certain conditions would result in multiple alarms being treated as such, is
deleted as surplusage, since those conditions, which are revised in
subsection (b) of this section, must be met before multiple alarms may be
treated as a single false alarm.
Defined terms: "Alarm system" § 9-607
"Alarm system contractor" § 9-607
"Alarm user" § 9-607
"False alarm" § 9-607
"Law enforcement unit" § 9-607
9-610. DEFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM.
(A) "DEFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM" DEFINED.
IN THIS SECTION, "DEFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM" MEANS AN ALARM SYSTEM
THAT ACTIVATES:
(1) MORE THAN THREE FALSE ALARMS WITHIN A 30-DAY PERIOD; OR
(2) EIGHT OR MORE FALSE ALARMS WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD.
(B) NOTICE OF DEFECT; REPORT.
(1) A LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDS
TO FALSE ALARMS FROM A DEFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN
NOTICE OF THE DEFECTIVE CONDITION TO THE ALARM USER
(2) THE ALARM USER, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE,
SHALL:
(I) 1. IF QUALIFIED, INSPECT THE ALARM SYSTEM; OR
2. HAVE THE ALARM SYSTEM INSPECTED BY AN ALARM
SYSTEM CONTRACTOR; AND
(II) WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE INSPECTION, FILE WITH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT UNIT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ISSUED THE NOTICE A WRITTEN
REPORT THAT CONTAINS THE:
1. RESULT OF THE INSPECTION;
2. PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE FALSE ALARMS; AND
3. RECOMMENDATIONS OR ACTION TAKEN TO ELIMINATE
THE FALSE ALARMS.
(C) PROHIBITED.
AN ALARM USER MAY NOT USE A DEFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM AFTER RECEIVING
A WRITTEN NOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.
(D) PENALTY.
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