| 1 | 1 | | 81R83 AJA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Berman H.B. No. 257 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to extension or modification of restrictive covenants in |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain residential real estate subdivisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 210.001(4), Property Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (4) "Residential real estate subdivision" or |
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| 13 | 13 | | "subdivision" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003, except |
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| 14 | 14 | | that the subdivision need not be located in a city, town, or village |
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| 15 | 15 | | or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city, town, or |
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| 16 | 16 | | village. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 210.002, Property Code, is amended to |
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| 18 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 210.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter |
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| 20 | 20 | | applies to a residential real estate subdivision that is located in |
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| 21 | 21 | | a county with a population of: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) more than 170,000 and less than 250,000 [175,000]; |
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| 23 | 23 | | or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) more than 45,000 and less than 75,000 that is |
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| 25 | 25 | | adjacent to a county with a population of more than 170,000 and less |
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| 26 | 26 | | than 250,000 [175,000]. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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