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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 1702.3705. Prohibition Against Certain Political Subdivisions Acting as Alarm Systems Company

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a political subdivision may not offer residential alarm system sales, service, installation, or monitoring unless it has been providing monitoring services to residences within the boundaries of the political subdivision as of September 1, 1999.  Any fee charged by the political subdivision may not exceed the cost of the monitoring.

(b) A political subdivision may:

(1) offer service, installation, or monitoring for property owned by the political subdivision or another political subdivision;

(2) allow for the response of an alarm or detection device by a law enforcement agency or by a law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity;

(3) offer monitoring in connection with a criminal investigation;  or

(4) offer monitoring to a financial institution, as defined by Section 59.301, Finance Code, that requests, in writing, that the political subdivision provide monitoring service to the financial institution.

(c) The limitations of Subsection (a) do not apply to a political subdivision in a county with a population of less than 80,000 or in a political subdivision where monitoring is not otherwise provided or available.

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