Texas Statutes
Subchapter F. Burglar Alarm Systems in Certain Municipalities Wholly Located in Certain Counties
Section 214.1955. Multiunit Housing Facilities

Sec. 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.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.

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