Sec. 214.194.  MUNICIPAL PERMIT FEE GENERALLY.  (a)  If a municipality adopts an ordinance that requires a person to pay an annual fee to obtain a permit from the municipality before the person may use an alarm system in the municipality, the fee shall be used for the general administration of this subchapter, including the provision of responses generally required to implement this subchapter other than specific responses to false alarms.
(b)  A municipal permit fee imposed under this section may not exceed the rate of $50 a year for a residential location.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 550, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 218.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 12.002(6), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 808 (S.B. 568), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.