87R6066 SMT-F
By: Hall S.B. No. 1557
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to regulate condominiums.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0016 to read as follows:
Sec. 232.0016. CONDOMINIUM REGULATION. (a) In this
section, "condominium" and "declaration" have the meanings
assigned by Section 82.003, Property Code.
(b) A condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land
for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) A county may not require:
(1) the undivided common interests in a condominium to
be subdivided; or
(2) any other division of the designated separate
ownership interests in the condominium.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a county may not
regulate the internal site development of a tract of land to be
declared as a condominium or a platted lot declared as a
condominium.
(e) A county may ensure that a plat for a condominium has
adequate public street frontage or utility easements to serve the
condominium.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a condominium declaration filed on or after the effective date of
this Act.
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.