{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.194","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.194","heading":"MUNICIPAL PERMIT FEE GENERALLY.","body":"(a) If a municipality adopts an ordinance that requires a person to pay an annual fee to obtain a permit from the municipality before the person may use an alarm system in the municipality, the fee shall be used for the general administration of this subchapter, including the provision of responses generally required to implement this subchapter other than specific responses to false alarms.\n(b) A municipal permit fee imposed under this section may not exceed the rate of $50 a year for a residential location.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["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. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY LOCATED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm#214.194","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"e12290e2fce68f614cefbe2618fd8dc4c542f02908eb106fc68be5409d0bbf4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.193","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.195"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}