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Tex. Local Government Code § 214.201: DEFINITIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
- SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
- CHAPTER 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES
- SUBCHAPTER F-1. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN LARGE MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY OR PARTLY LOCATED IN LARGE COUNTIES
In this subchapter:
(1) "Alarm system" and "permit" have the meanings assigned by Section 214.191.
(2) "Alarm systems monitor" means a person who acts as an alarm systems company under Section 1702.105, Occupations Code.
(3) "False alarm" means a notification of possible criminal activity reported to law enforcement:
(A) that is based solely on electronic information remotely received by an alarm systems monitor;
(B) that is uncorroborated by eyewitness, video, or photographic evidence that an emergency exists; and
(C) concerning which an agency of the municipality has verified that no emergency exists after an on-site inspection of the location from which the notification originated.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 930 (H.B. 2162), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
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