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.