Amend HB 2402 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a) Chapter 209, Property Code, is amended by 
adding Section 209.013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 209.013.  AUTHORITY OF ASSOCIATION TO AMEND A 
DEDICATORY INSTRUMENT.  (a)  A dedicatory instrument created by a 
developer of a residential subdivision or by a property owners' 
association in which the developer has a majority of the voting 
rights or that the developer otherwise controls under the terms of 
the dedicatory instrument may not prohibit the amendment of any 
provision of the dedicatory instrument by the property owners' 
association after the developer no longer controls the association 
or the board of directors.
	(b)  A provision in a dedicatory instrument that violates 
this section is void and unenforceable.
	(b)  Except as specifically provided by a dedicatory 
instrument in a provision that existed before the effective date of 
this Act, the change in law made by this section applies to a 
dedicatory instrument created before, on, or after the effective 
date of this Act.