{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.331","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.331","heading":"PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"personal emergency response system\" means an alarm system that is:\n(1) installed in the residence of a person;\n(2) monitored by an alarm systems company;\n(3) designed only to permit the person to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part of the person so that the company may dispatch appropriate aid; and\n(4) not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) an alarm systems company that sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to only personal emergency response systems;\n(2) an alarm systems installer who installs, maintains, or repairs only personal emergency response systems; and\n(3) an owner of an alarm systems company described by Subdivision (1).\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.098, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY","CHAPTER 1702. PRIVATE SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER N. EXCEPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1702.htm#1702.331","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"56c4f3acbc58cd9dbded2dc28a8991b4b3959dfb40789241dc10f5a7c6a56e94","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.330","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}