87R18968 MWC-D
By: Jetton H.B. No. 1467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to property owners' association annual meetings held
electronically.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 209.014(a), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in a dedicatory
instrument, a board of a property owners' association shall call an
annual meeting of the members of the association. An annual meeting
may be held by any method of communication, including electronic or
telephonic means as described by Section 6.002, Business
Organizations Code, provided that:
(1) each person in attendance at the meeting may hear
and be heard by every other person at the meeting; and
(2) the notice of the meeting sent to members of the
association includes instructions to access any communication
method required to attend the meeting remotely.
SECTION 2. Section 209.00592(a-1), Property Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) Except as provided by this subsection, [unless a
dedicatory instrument provides otherwise,] a property owners'
association is not required to provide an owner with more than one
voting method. An owner must be allowed to vote by one of the
following voting methods:
(1) absentee ballot;
(2) [or] proxy; or
(3) electronic ballot.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.