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78R826 AJA-D

By:  Howard                                                       H.B. No. 844



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a restrictive covenant prohibiting a homeowner from 
displaying the United States flag.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding 
Section 202.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 202.007.  CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS PROHIBITED.  A 
restrictive covenant may not prohibit a property owner from 
displaying the United States flag in a respectful manner on the 
owner's property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a restrictive covenant adopted on or after that 
date.  A restrictive covenant adopted before the effective date of 
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that 
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.