{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.205","heading":"NONRENEWAL OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT; TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL RESPONSE; DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a municipality may not terminate its law enforcement response to a residential permit holder because of excess false alarms if the false alarm fees are paid in full.\n(b) In permitting free false alarm responses and in setting false alarm fees, a municipality must administer any ordinance on a fair and equitable basis as determined by the governing body.\n(c) A municipality may not terminate an alarm permit for nonrenewal without providing at least 30 days' notice.\n(d) A municipality may revoke or refuse to renew the permit of an alarm system that has had eight or more false alarms during the preceding 12-month period.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 930 (H.B. 2162), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.","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-1. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN LARGE MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY OR PARTLY LOCATED IN LARGE COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm#214.205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"b6a2c90359b17b50902f9988d17faab2fc081c92d47de74ded1f731b76f60191","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.2055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}