78R7645 AJA-D

By:  Guillen                                                      H.B. No. 3276



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain landscaping requirements in residential 
subdivisions.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 209, Property Code, is amended by adding 
Section 209.012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 209.012.  CERTAIN LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  If 
the  restrictions or bylaws governing a subdivision include 
landscaping requirements with which an owner cannot comply without 
the use of water, the property owners' association shall offer 
training or written information to owners regarding water-saving 
methods for maintaining the landscaping as required or landscaping 
choices suitable to the area that will minimize water use.
	(b)  A property owners' association that does not comply with 
this section may not enforce a requirement described by Subsection 
(a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.  A 
property owners' association is not required to comply with Section 
209.012, Property Code, as added by this Act, before January 1, 
2004.