Amend CSHB 2617 by adding a new SECTION 17, Section 13, Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act (Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) (Committee printing at page 12, line 60), is amended by adding subsection (d) and (e) to read as follows: (d) A political subdivision may not offer alarm system sales, service, installation, or monitoring except as follows: (1) service, installation, or monitoring is provided for property owned by the political subdivision or another political subdivision; (2) monitoring is conducted for an ongoing criminal investigation; (3) a financial institution, as defined by Section 59.301, Finance Code, that is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation requests, in writing, that the political subdivision provide monitoring service to the financial institution; or (4) the political subdivision has, since September 1, 1999, monitored residential alarm sites and any fee charged by the political subdivision does not exceed the cost of the monitoring. (e) A political subdivision may not advertise or solicit monitoring services. and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.