H.B. No. 1454




AN ACT

relating to powers of a property owners' association relating to 
restrictive covenants in certain subdivisions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 204.002(a), Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  This chapter applies only to a residential real estate 
subdivision, excluding a condominium development governed by Title 
7, Property Code, that is located in whole or in part:
		(1)  in a county with a population of 2.8 million or 
more; or 
		(2)  in a county with a population of 250,000 or more 
that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and that is adjacent to a 
county having a population of 2.8 million or more.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1454 was passed by the House on April 
10, 2003, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1454 on May 24, 2003, and requested 
the appointment of a conference committee to consider the 
differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the 
conference committee report on H.B. No. 1454 on May 31, 2003, by a 
non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1454 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 22, 2003, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of 
the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider 
the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted 
the conference committee report on H.B. No. 1454 on May 31, 2003, by 
a viva-voce vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor