By:  Jackson                                          S.B. No. 1677
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the applicability of provisions governing the powers of
 1-3     property owners associations concerning restrictive covenants in
 1-4     certain subdivisions.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 204.002, Property Code,
 1-7     is amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (a)  This chapter applies only to a residential real estate
 1-9     subdivision, excluding a condominium development governed by Title
1-10     7, Property Code, that is located in whole or in part:
1-11                 (1)  in a county with a population of three million or
1-12     more; or
1-13                 (2)  in a county with a population of 250,000 or more
1-14     that is adjacent to a county having a population of three million
1-15     or more and that borders the Gulf of Mexico [in a county with a
1-16     population of 2.8 million or more].
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.