By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1072
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain persons to serve on the board
of a property owners' association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 209.00591(b), Property Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If a board is presented with written, documented
evidence from a database or other record maintained by a
governmental law enforcement authority that a board member was [has
been] convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude not
more than 20 years before the date the board is presented with the
evidence, the board member is immediately ineligible to serve on
the board of the property owners' association, automatically
considered removed from the board, and prohibited from future
service on the board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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