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	Amend CSHB 2304 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 214, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.1955 to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.1955.  MULTI-UNIT HOUSING FACILITIES.  (a)  A 
municipality may not refuse to issue an alarm system permit for a 
residential location solely because the residential location is an 
individual residential unit located in a multi-unit housing 
facility.
	(b)  In issuing an alarm system permit for an alarm installed 
in an individual residential unit of a multi-unit housing facility, 
the municipality shall issue the permit to the person occupying the 
individual residential unit.
	(c)  A municipality may impose a penalty under Section 
214.197 for the signaling of a false alarm on the premises of a 
multi-unit housing facility for a facility other than an individual 
residential unit only if the permit holder is notified of:
		(1)  the date of the signaling of the false alarm;                     
		(2)  the address of the multi-unit housing facility 
where the signaling of the false alarm occurred; and
		(3)  the identification of the individual facility, if 
applicable, located on the multi-unit housing facility premises 
where the signaling of the false alarm occurred.