The August 15 – September 15 State Legislative Report, researched and compiled by the NBFAA Government Relations department, is now available online. The report is located in the Members section under Government Relations at www.alarm.org. To access the report you will be required to log in using your member user login and password.

The report contains subject highlights of bills followed for the months of August and September 2009:

• 32 bills relating to Alarms
• 10 bills relating to Automatic Contract Renewal
• 7 bills relating to CCTV
• 70 bills relating to Licensing
• 9 bills relating to Taxes
• 2 bill relating to Line of Duty Act fees for Alarm Companies

Of particular interest this month, CA S 317, a bill that relates to the disposal of toxic substances and would amend the existing law that regulates the disposal of hazardous waste by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, as well as enact the Smoke Detector Collection Act with non-substantive provisions; MI S 768, a bill that relates to the regulation of certain activities involving automatic fire protection systems; to establish certain licensing and endorsement standards; to provide for certain powers and duties for certain state agencies; to create boards; to create a fund for certain purposes and to impose fees; and to provide for penalties and remedies; MI H 5320, a bill that regulates certain activities involving automatic fire protection systems; establishes certain licensing and endorsement standards; to provide for certain powers and duties for certain state agencies; creates boards; creates a fund for certain purposes and to impose fees; and provides for penalties and remedies: and WI S 190, a bill that relates to renewals and extensions of business contracts, which was amended to provide changes to the definition of “business contract” to specify that a contract for the lease of business equipment is included only if “any of the business equipment is used primarily in Wisconsin” and which provides that the seller may send the reminder notice up to 60 days, rather than 45 days, before the deadline for the buyer to decline renewal or extension of the installation of fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residences.

Questions or concerns regarding the information contained within the report should be directed to our Director of Government Relations, John Chwat at Gov.Info@alarm.org.

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