Amend the Solomons Amendment No. 1 to CSHB 1976 by adding an 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the article to read as follows 
and by renumbering existing SECTIONS of the article accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by 
adding Section 202.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 202.018.  REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS 
ITEMS.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a 
property owners' association may not enforce or adopt a restrictive 
covenant that prohibits a property owner or resident from 
displaying or affixing on the entry to the owner's or resident's 
dwelling one or more religious items that reflect a tenet of the 
owner's or resident's religion.
	(b)  This section does not prohibit the enforcement or 
adoption of a covenant that, to the extent allowed by the 
constitution of this state and the United States, prohibits the 
display or affixing of a religious item on the entry to the owner's 
dwelling that:
		(1)  threatens the public health or safety;                            
		(2)  violates a law;                                                   
		(3)  contains language, graphics, or any display that 
would be offensive to the ordinary person;
		(4)  is in a location other than the entry door or 
doorframe or extends past the outer edge of the doorframe of the 
owner's or resident's dwelling; or
		(5)  individually or in combination with each other 
religious item displayed or affixed on the entry door or doorframe 
has a total size of greater than 25 square inches.
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, this 
section does not authorize an owner or resident to use a material or 
color for an entry door or doorframe of the owner's or resident's 
dwelling or make an alteration to the entry door or doorframe that 
is not authorized by the restrictive covenants governing the 
dwelling.
	(d)  A property owners' association may remove an item 
displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this 
section.