89R3376 JBD-D
By: Cortez H.B. No. 648
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of clotheslines 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 202.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.008. REGULATION OF CLOTHESLINES. (a) Except as
otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association
may not include or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument
that prohibits or restricts a property owner from installing or
using a clothesline on the owner's property for the purpose of
drying laundry.
(b) A provision that violates Subsection (a) is void.
(c) This section does not prohibit the inclusion or
enforcement of a provision in a dedicatory instrument that:
(1) prohibits a clothesline that:
(A) as adjudicated by a court:
(i) threatens the public health or safety;
or
(ii) violates a law;
(B) is located on property owned or maintained by
the property owners' association;
(C) is located on property owned in common by the
members of the property owners' association; or
(D) is visible above the fence line of a fenced
yard or patio maintained by the property owner; or
(2) prohibits or requires prior approval of the
property owners' association for a clothesline located in or on a
front or side yard or patio maintained by the property owner.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.