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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to property owners' association annual meetings held |
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| 8 | 10 | | electronically. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 209.014(a), Property Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision in a dedicatory |
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| 13 | 15 | | instrument, a board of a property owners' association shall call an |
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| 14 | 16 | | annual meeting of the members of the association. An annual meeting |
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| 15 | 17 | | may be held by any method of communication, including electronic or |
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| 16 | 18 | | telephonic means as described by Section 6.002, Business |
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| 17 | 19 | | Organizations Code, provided that: |
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| 18 | 20 | | (1) each person in attendance at the meeting may hear |
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| 19 | 21 | | and be heard by every other person at the meeting; and |
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| 20 | 22 | | (2) the notice of the meeting sent to members of the |
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| 21 | 23 | | association includes instructions to access any communication |
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| 22 | 24 | | method required to attend the meeting remotely. |
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| 23 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 209.00592(a-1), Property Code, is |
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| 24 | 26 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 27 | | (a-1) Except as provided by this subsection, [unless a |
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| 26 | 28 | | dedicatory instrument provides otherwise,] a property owners' |
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| 27 | 29 | | association is not required to provide an owner with more than one |
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| 28 | 30 | | voting method. An owner must be allowed to vote by one of the |
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| 29 | 31 | | following voting methods: |
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| 30 | 32 | | (1) absentee ballot; |
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| 31 | 33 | | (2) [or] proxy; or |
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| 32 | 34 | | (3) electronic ballot. |
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| 33 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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