By: Birdwell S.B. No. 862 (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2015; March 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 862 By: Taylor of Galveston 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) Unless a dedicatory instrument provides otherwise, a property owners' association is not required to provide an owner with more than one voting method so long as an owner may vote by absentee ballot or proxy. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. * * * * *