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Senate Bill 568 |
Senate Author: Deuell |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Truitt |
Senate Bill 568 amends the Local Government Code, Occupations Code, and Health and Safety Code relating to private security systems and providers of private security and personal emergency response systems. The bill includes provisions relating to municipal security system permit fees, permit issuance, renewal, and revocation for residential and multiunit housing alarm systems, and the penalty for false alarms. The bill lists the duties of an alarm systems company with respect to the distribution of certain information to customers and to information required to be provided to a municipality on system installation. Senate Bill 568 also includes provisions relating to the licensing and regulation of personal emergency response systems providers, employees, owners, and shareholders, prohibitions against certain political subdivisions acting as an alarm systems company, and penalties for certain violations.