By: Burton S.B. No. 1535
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures to amend a declaration by a property owners
association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 209.0041(h), Property Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) Except as provided by this subsection, a declaration may
be amended only by a vote of 60 [67] percent of the total votes cast
by members of [allocated to property owners in] the property
owners' association, in addition to any governmental approval
required by law. If the declaration contains a lower threshold
[percentage], the threshold [percentage] in the declaration
controls.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a vote held on or after November 1, 2015. A vote held before
November 1, 2015, is governed by the law applicable to the election
or vote immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.