86R16831 BEE-D
By: Button H.B. No. 4176
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of short-term rentals by a property
owners' association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
Section 202.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.020. REGULATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS. (a) In
this section, "short-term rental" means a residential property that
is rented wholly or partly for a fee for a period not longer than 30
consecutive days.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a property owners'
association may adopt or enforce a provision in a dedicatory
instrument that regulates the use of property covered by the
dedicatory instrument as a short-term rental.
SECTION 2. Section 202.020, Property Code, as added by this
Act, applies to a dedicatory instrument adopted before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.