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House Bill 1278 |
House Author: Coleman et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 1278 amends the Property Code to prohibit a property owners' association, with certain exceptions, from enforcing or adopting a restrictive covenant that prohibits a property owner or resident from displaying or affixing on the entry to the owner's or resident's dwelling one or more religious items that are expected to be displayed by a tenet of the owner's or resident's religion. Except as otherwise provided by the bill, an owner or resident is not authorized to use a material or color for an entry door or door frame of the owner's or resident's dwelling or to make an alteration to those areas that is not authorized by the restrictive covenants governing the dwelling. A property owners' association may remove an item displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by the bill's provisions.