84R24207 NC-D By: Keffer H.B. No. 2148 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2148: By: Oliveira C.S.H.B. No. 2148 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to voting methods in a property owners' association election or vote. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 209.00592, Property Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), and except as provided by this subsection, a property owners' association is not required to provide an owner with a voting method that is not required by a dedicatory instrument. The association must allow an owner to vote by absentee ballot or by proxy in any vote or election in which a vote may be cast or given in person. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.