LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 23, 2015 TO: Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2162 by Simmons (Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Local Government Code to permit a municipality to impose a permit fee of up to $250 a year for alarm system locations. The bill would permit a municipality to refuse to respond to a location if the location has had more than eight other false alarms during the preceding 12 months. The bill provides penalties for an alarm systems monitor that reports a false alarm if the alarm systems monitor has made three other false alarms within the last year. The bill would prohibit a municipality from imposing a penalty under certain conditions. Under the provisions of the bill, a municipality that does not respond to an alarm system is not liable for damages that may occur relating to the cause of the alarm system signal. A property owner or an agent of the property owner may elect to exclude a city from receiving an alarm signal located on the owner's property. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: UP, KVe, SD, EK
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 23, 2015
TO: Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2162 by Simmons (Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2162 by Simmons (Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs
Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2162 by Simmons (Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB2162 by Simmons (Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to permit a municipality to impose a permit fee of up to $250 a year for alarm system locations. The bill would permit a municipality to refuse to respond to a location if the location has had more than eight other false alarms during the preceding 12 months. The bill provides penalties for an alarm systems monitor that reports a false alarm if the alarm systems monitor has made three other false alarms within the last year. The bill would prohibit a municipality from imposing a penalty under certain conditions. Under the provisions of the bill, a municipality that does not respond to an alarm system is not liable for damages that may occur relating to the cause of the alarm system signal. A property owner or an agent of the property owner may elect to exclude a city from receiving an alarm signal located on the owner's property.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: UP, KVe, SD, EK
UP, KVe, SD, EK