By Hilderbran                                         H.B. No. 2727
         77R7008 AJA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to removal of certain discriminatory provisions in the
 1-3     dedicatory instruments of residential real estate subdivisions.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Section 202.007 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 202.007.  CERTAIN DISCRIMINATORY PROVISIONS PROHIBITED.
 1-8     (a)  A dedicatory instrument may not contain a restrictive covenant
 1-9     described by Section 5.026.
1-10           (b)  A property owners' association shall review the
1-11     dedicatory instrument governing the property whose owners are
1-12     represented by the association and remove from the dedicatory
1-13     instrument each restrictive covenant prohibited by this section.
1-14           SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2002, each property
1-15     owners' association shall remove each restrictive covenant
1-16     prohibited by Section 202.007, Property Code, as added by this Act,
1-17     from the dedicatory instrument governing the property whose owners
1-18     are represented by the association.
1-19           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.