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<br />housing facility, the municipality shall issue the permit to the <br />person occupying the individual residential unit. <br />(c) A municipality may impose a penalty under Section <br />214.197 for the signaling of a false alarm on the premises of a <br />multiunit housing facility for a facility other than an <br />individual residential unit only if the permit holder is <br />notified of: <br />(1) the date of the signaling of the false alarm; <br />(2) the address of the multiunit housing facility <br />where the signaling of the false alarm occurred; and <br />(3) the identification of the individual facility, if <br />applicable, located on the multiunit housing facility premises <br />where the signaling of the false alarm occurred. <br /> <br />Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808, Sec. 4, eff. September <br />1, 2005. <br /> <br />Sec. 214.196. ON-SITE INSPECTION REQUIRED. A municipality <br />may not consider a false alarm to have occurred unless a <br />response is made by an agency of the municipality within 30 <br />minutes of the alarm notification and the agency determines from <br />an inspection of the interior or exterior of the premises that <br />the alarm was false. <br /> <br />Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, <br />1991. Renumbered from Sec. 218.006 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. <br />1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. <br /> <br />Sec. 214.197. PENALTIES FOR FALSE ALARMS. A municipality <br />may impose a penalty for the signaling of a false alarm by a <br />burglar alarm system if at least three other false alarms have <br />occurred during the preceding 12-month period. The amount of <br />the penalty for the signaling of a false alarm as described by <br />Section 214.196 may not exceed: <br />