1. (a) Business location. A specific business location must be maintained by each registered firm. The location must be indicated on the certificate.
2. (b) Posting. Each certificate must be posted conspicuously for public view at the business location.
3. (c) Business vehicles. All vehicles regularly used in installation, service, maintenance, testing, or certification activities must prominently display the company name, telephone number, and certificate number. The numbers and letters must be at least one inch high and permanently affixed or magnetically attached to each side of the vehicle in a color contrasting with the background color of the vehicle. The certificate number must be designated in the following format: TX ACR-(number).

4. (d) Change of ownership.

   1. (1) The total change of a firm's ownership invalidates the current certificate. To assure continuance of the business, a complete application for a new certificate must be submitted to the state fire marshal at least 14 days prior to such change.
   2. (2) A partial change in a firm's ownership requires a revised certificate if it affects the firm's name, location, or mailing address.
5. (e) Change of corporate officers. Any change of corporate officers must be reported in writing to the state fire marshal within 14 days. This change does not require a revised certificate.
6. (f) Duplicate certificates. A duplicate certificate must be obtained from the state fire marshal to replace a lost or destroyed certificate. The certificate holder must submit written notification of the loss or destruction without delay, accompanied by the required fee.
7. (g) Revised certificates. The change of a firm's name, location, or mailing address requires a revised certificate. Within 14 days after the change requiring the revision, the certificate holder must submit written notification of the necessary change accompanied by the required fee.

8. (h) Monitoring requirements.

   1. (1) A registered firm may not monitor a fire alarm system located in the State of Texas for an unregistered firm.
   2. (2) A registered firm may not connect a fire alarm system to a monitoring service unless the monitoring service is registered under or is exempt from the licensing requirements of the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2, so long as the monitoring equipment being used is in compliance with Article 5.43-2, §9.
   3. (3) A registered firm must employ at least one technician licensee at each central station location. Each dispatcher at the central station is not required to be a fire alarm technician licensee.
   4. (4) A registered firm subcontracting monitoring services to another registered firm must advise the monitoring services subscriber of the identity and location of the registered firm actually providing such services unless the registered firm's contract with the subscriber contains a clause giving the registered firm the right, at the registered firm's sole discretion, to subcontract any or all of the work or service.
   5. (5) A registered firm reporting alarm or supervisory signals to emergency services shall provide their licensed company name and the following information: type of alarm, address of alarm, name of subscriber, dispatcher's identification, and call back phone number.

Source Note:The provisions of this §34.610 adopted to be effective February 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 1021; amended to be effective November 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 9449; amended to be effective August 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 7663; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091.