False Alarm; Prevention Payment

(a)When emergency alarms, messages, signals or notices are received by the Guam Police Department that evidence a failure to comply with the requirements of this Chapter or a permit issued under it, the Police Chief is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of the alarm system initiating such alarms, messages, signals, or notices, or his representative, correct the violation or repair the defective system within fifteen

(15)days or disconnect the alarm system until it is made to comply with said requirements.

(b)The owner or lessee of any alarm system shall be assessed a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50) for each false alarm in excess of twelve

(12)and a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100) for such false alarms in excess of twenty-four

(24)for a calendar year period, to be paid to the Treasurer of Guam for deposit in the General Fund, such fee to be paid within forty-five

(45)days of its assessment.

(c)An alarm permit may be suspended or revoked as provided in § 58A105, or in the event of failure to pay the false alarm fees. COL 12/29/2023 CH. 58A BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARMS

(d)Exceptions:

(1)A thirty

(30)day adjustment period to correct mechanical problems will be allowed for any new, improved or replaced alarm system.

(2)If the permittee shows that any false alarm

(i)is the result of conditions beyond his control and not the result of negligence of himself or any of his employees, and

(ii)that he neither knew of the defect in the alarm system nor in the exercise of due care should have known of such defect, such false alarm shall not be deemed a 'false alarm' as used in this Chapter.