By:  Hope (Senate Sponsor - Staples)                              H.B. No. 1632
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 21, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2005, sent to 
printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the 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; or
		(3)  in a county with a population of 275,000 or more 
that:          
			(A)  is adjacent to a county with a population of 
3.3 million or more; and
			(B)  contains part of a national forest.                              
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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