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.)
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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.
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