Section 214.1955 - Multiunit Housing Facilities(a) A municipality may not refuse to issue an alarm system permit for a residential location solely because the residential location is an individual residential unit located in a multiunit housing facility.(b) In issuing an alarm system permit for an alarm installed in an individual residential unit of a multiunit housing facility, the municipality shall issue the permit to the person occupying the individual residential unit.(c) A municipality may impose a penalty under Section 214.197 for the signaling of a false alarm on the premises of a multiunit housing facility for a facility other than an individual residential unit only if the permit holder is notified of:(1) the date of the signaling of the false alarm;(2) the address of the multiunit housing facility where the signaling of the false alarm occurred; and(3) the identification of the individual facility, if applicable, located on the multiunit housing facility premises where the signaling of the false alarm occurred.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 214.1955
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2005.