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This enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s rules for burglary, theft, and robbery alarm systems. It raises the annual registration fee from $35 to $50, treats more than two false alarms in a registration year as violations, and sets new penalties and payment procedures, including fee collection by alarm companies and administrative review of violations. The changes affect alarm users, alarm companies, and city agencies enforcing the rules.

Amending Section 9-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Burglary, Theft and Robbery Alarm Systems," by revising the amounts of certain fees and penalties and the number of permissible false alarms, providing for collection of fees by alarm companies, providing for administrative adjudication, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.