| 1 | 1 | | 87R6066 SMT-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 1557 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of a county to regulate condominiums. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0016 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 232.0016. CONDOMINIUM REGULATION. (a) In this |
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| 12 | 12 | | section, "condominium" and "declaration" have the meanings |
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| 13 | 13 | | assigned by Section 82.003, Property Code. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land |
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| 15 | 15 | | for the purposes of this chapter. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c) A county may not require: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the undivided common interests in a condominium to |
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| 18 | 18 | | be subdivided; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) any other division of the designated separate |
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| 20 | 20 | | ownership interests in the condominium. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a county may not |
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| 22 | 22 | | regulate the internal site development of a tract of land to be |
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| 23 | 23 | | declared as a condominium or a platted lot declared as a |
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| 24 | 24 | | condominium. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (e) A county may ensure that a plat for a condominium has |
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| 26 | 26 | | adequate public street frontage or utility easements to serve the |
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| 27 | 27 | | condominium. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 29 | 29 | | a condominium declaration filed on or after the effective date of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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