Texas Local Government Code
§ 214.207 — PENALTIES FOR FALSE ALARMS
LG § 214.207Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES · Art. F-1. BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS IN LARGE MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHOLLY OR PARTLY LOCATED IN LARGE COUNTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A municipality may impose a penalty on a person who uses an alarm system in the municipality for the report of a false alarm by an alarm systems monitor if at least three other false alarms have occurred at that location during the preceding 12-month period. The amount of the penalty for the report of a false alarm as described by Section 214.206 may not exceed:
(1)$50, if the location has had more than three but fewer than six other false alarms in the preceding 12-month period;
(2)$75, if the location has had more than five but fewer than eight other false alarms in the preceding 12-month period; or
(3)$100, if the location has had eight or more other false alarms in the preceding 12-month period.
(b)A municipality may not impose a penalty authorized under Subsection (a) if reasonable visual proof of possible criminal activity recorded by an alarm systems monitor is provided to the municipality before the inspection of the premises by an agency of the municipality.
(c)A municipality that adopts an ordinance requiring a person to obtain a permit from the municipality before the person may use an alarm system in the municipality may impose a penalty, not to exceed $250, for the report of a false alarm by an alarm systems monitor on a person who has not obtained a permit for the alarm system as required by the municipal ordinance.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 930 (H.B. 2162), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.