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<br />Sec. 214.195. NONRENEWAL OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT AND <br />TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL RESPONSE; DISCRIMINATION <br />PROHIBITED. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (d), a <br />municipality may not terminate its law enforcement response to a <br />residential permit holder because of excess false alarms if the <br />false alarm fees are paid in full. <br />(b) In permitting free false alarm responses and in <br />setting false alarm fees, a municipality must administer any <br />ordinance on a fair and equitable basis as determined by the <br />governing body. <br />(c) A municipality may not terminate an alarm permit for <br />nonrenewal without providing at least 30 days' notice. <br />(d) A municipality may revoke or refuse to renew the <br />permit of an alarm system that has had eight or more false <br />alarms during the preceding 12-month period. <br /> <br />Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, <br />1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.005 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. <br />1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. <br />Amended by: <br />Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, <br /> <br />2005. <br /> <br />Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, <br /> <br />2005. <br /> <br />Sec. 214.1955. MULTIUNIT HOUSING FACILITIES. <br /> <br />(a) A <br /> <br />municipality may not refuse to issue an alarm system permit for <br />a residential location solely because the residential location <br />is an individual residential unit located in a multiunit housing <br />facility. <br />(b) In issuing an alarm system permit for an alarm <br />installed in an individual residential unit of a multiunit <br />