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Amend HB 3674 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 201.001(b), Property Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The provisions of this chapter relating to extension of 
the term of, renewal of, or creation of restrictions do not apply to 
a subdivision if, by the express terms of the instrument creating 
existing restrictions, some or all of the restrictions affecting 
the real property within the subdivision provide:
		(1)  for automatic extensions of the term of the 
restrictions for an indefinite number of successive specified 
periods of at least 10 years subject to a right of waiver or 
termination, in whole or in part, by a specified percentage of less 
than 50 percent plus one of the owners of real property interests in 
the subdivision, as set forth in the instrument creating the 
restrictions;  or
		(2)  for an indefinite number of successive extensions 
of at least 10 years of the term of the restrictions by written and 
filed agreement of a specified percentage of less than 50 percent 
plus one of the owners of real property interests in the 
subdivision, as authorized by the instrument creating the 
restrictions.

	SECTION __.  Section 201.004(a), Property Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A petition may be filed under this chapter to:                     
		(1)  extend or renew an unexpired restriction;                  
		(2)  [, to] create a restriction;              
		(3)  [, or to] add to or modify an existing restriction; 
or
		(4)  modify an existing provision in an instrument 
creating a restriction that provides for extension of those 
restrictions.
	SECTION __.  Section 204.003, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 204.003.  APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF RESTRICTIVE 
COVENANTS [PREVAIL] IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  (a)  An express 
designation in a document creating restrictions applicable to a 
residential real estate subdivision that provides for the extension 
of, addition to, or modification of existing restrictions by a 
designated number of owners of real property in the subdivision 
prevails over the provisions of this chapter.
	(b)  A document creating restrictions that provides for the 
extension or renewal of restrictions and does not provide for 
modification or amendment of restrictions may be modified under 
this chapter, including modifying the provision that provides for 
extension or renewal of the restrictions.