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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 214.200: PRIORITY OR LEVEL OF RESPONSE NOT AFFECTED; LIABILITY OF MUNICIPALITY FOR NONRESPONSE.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY LOCATED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

(a) Nothing in this subchapter:

(1) affects the priority or level of response provided by a municipality to a permitted location; or

(2) waives the governmental immunity provided by law for a municipality.

(b) A municipality that does not respond to an alarm signal is not liable for damages that may occur relating to the cause of the alarm signal.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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