82R287 AJA-D
By: White H.B. No. 232
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amendment of restrictions affecting real property
in certain subdivisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 211.002, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
as follows:
(b) This chapter applies only to restrictions that affect
real property within a residential real estate subdivision or any
units or parcels of the subdivision and that, by the express terms
of the instrument creating the restrictions:
(1) are not subject to a procedure by which the
restrictions may be amended; [or]
(2) may not be amended without the unanimous consent
of:
(A) all property owners in the subdivision; or
(B) all property owners in any unit or parcel of
the subdivision; or
(3) provide that amendments to the restrictions are
not operative or effective until a specified date or the expiration
of a specified period.
(d) An amendment of a restriction under this chapter is
effective on the filing of an instrument reflecting the amendment
in the real property records of each county in which all or part of
the subdivision is located after the approval of the owners in
accordance with the amendment procedure adopted under Section
211.004.
(e) An amendment under this chapter of a restriction
described by Subsection (b)(3) is effective as provided by this
chapter, regardless of whether the date specified in the
restrictions has occurred or the period prescribed by the
restrictions has expired.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.