Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 214.196 - On-Site Inspection Required A municipality may not consider a false alarm to have occurred unless a response is made by an agency of the municipality within 30 minutes of the alarm notification and the agency determines from an inspection of the interior or exterior of the premises that the alarm was false.
Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 214.196
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.006 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. 9/1/2001.