88R2895 DRS-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 468
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a property owners' association to
  regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners
  or residents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
  Section 202.013 to read as follows:
         Sec. 202.013.  REGULATION OF ASSEMBLY, ASSOCIATION, AND
  SPEECH.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a
  property owners' association may not adopt or enforce a provision
  in a dedicatory instrument that:
               (1)  prohibits, restricts, or has the effect of
  prohibiting or restricting a property owner or resident from: 
                     (A)  peacefully assembling or meeting with
  property owners' association members, residents, or their invitees
  or guests at property owned or maintained by the property owners'
  association or owned in common by the property owners' association
  members; or
                     (B)  inviting guest speakers, including public
  officials and candidates for public office, without prior approval
  by the property owners' association to address or meet with
  property owners' association members, residents, or their invitees
  or guests; or
               (2)  regulates, restricts, or has the effect of
  regulating or restricting the content of a property owner's or
  resident's speech.
         (b)  This section does not prohibit the enforcement or
  adoption of a provision in a dedicatory instrument that, to the
  extent allowed by the constitutions of this state and the United
  States, prohibits speech or conduct that:
               (1)  threatens the public health or safety;
               (2)  violates a law; or
               (3)  contains language, graphics, or any display that
  is patently offensive to a passerby.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.