{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.196","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.196","heading":"ON-SITE INSPECTION REQUIRED.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.006 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","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#214.196","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"459064769de75e49c4088732dcf2f3cb7dddbdfa7d018a17dd1a48cac399f08e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.1955","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.197"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}