Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 214.205 - Nonrenewal or Revocation of Permit; Termination of Municipal Response; Discrimination Prohibited(a) Except as provided by 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.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 214.205
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 930,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2015.