87R49 BEE-D
 
  By: Wu H.B. No. 485
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the removal of certain unconstitutional provisions from
  real property records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 11, Property Code, is amended by adding
  Section 11.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.009.  REMOVAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FROM
  REAL PROPERTY RECORDS. (a)  To the extent of any conflict between
  this section and other law, this section prevails.
         (b)  An owner of real property may petition to remove from a
  recorded instrument affecting or conveying an interest in the
  property a provision that:
               (1)  violates the United States Constitution;
               (2)  is unenforceable under law; and
               (3)  is unambiguously discriminatory.
         (c)  A petition under this section must be filed in a
  district court of the county in which the instrument is recorded.
         (d)  A court may not charge a fee for filing a petition under
  this section.
         (e)  On finding that a provision identified in a petition
  under this section satisfies the criteria under Subsection (b), the
  court shall enter a judgment ordering the county clerk to remove the
  provision from the recorded instrument.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.