AB 1616: Alarm companies: liability: false alarm.

The Alarm Company Act provides for the regulation, by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs, of alarm company operators and alarm agents. The act provides that it does not prevent the local authorities of any city, county, or city and county from, among other things, enacting ordinances governing false alarm activations and responses.

This bill would prohibit an alarm company operator or an alarm agent from being liable for civil penalties and fines assessed by a city, county, or city and county for false alarms not attributed to alarm company operator error, improper installation of the alarm system by an alarm agent or an alarm company operator, defective equipment provided or installed by an alarm agent or an alarm company operator, or defective equipment leased by an alarm company operator.