Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.195 · Subchapter F. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY LOCATED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
NONRENEWAL OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT AND TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL RESPONSE; DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (d), a municipality may not terminate its law enforcement response to a residential permit holder because of excess false alarms if the false alarm fees are paid in full.
(b) In permitting free false alarm responses and in setting false alarm fees, a municipality must administer any ordinance on a fair and equitable basis as determined by the governing body.
(c) A municipality may not terminate an alarm permit for nonrenewal without providing at least 30 days' notice.
(d) A municipality may revoke or refuse to renew the permit of an alarm system that has had eight or more false alarms during the preceding 12-month period.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.005 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
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