By Yarbrough H.B. No. 2459 76R5750 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to applying the open meetings and open records laws to 1-3 certain property owners' associations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 551.0015 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 551.0015. CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS SUBJECT 1-8 TO LAW. (a) In this section, "property owners' association" has 1-9 the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code. 1-10 (b) A property owners' association is subject to this 1-11 chapter in the same manner as a governmental body. 1-12 (c) The governing body of the association, a committee of 1-13 the association, and members of the governing body or of a 1-14 committee of the association are subject to this chapter in the 1-15 same manner as the governing body of a governmental body, a 1-16 committee of a governmental body, and members of the governing body 1-17 or of a committee of the governmental body. 1-18 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 1-19 amended by adding Section 552.0035 to read as follows: 1-20 Sec. 552.0035. CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS SUBJECT 1-21 TO LAW. (a) In this section, "property owners' association" has 1-22 the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code. 1-23 (b) A property owners' association is subject to this 1-24 chapter in the same manner as a governmental body. 2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. Section 2-2 551.0015, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only in 2-3 relation to a meeting of a property owners' association held on or 2-4 after that date. 2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.