Amend CSSB 2481 (Senate committee printing), in SECTION 1 of
the bill, by striking amended Section 5.017(c), Property Code (page
1, lines 14 through 27), and substituting the following:
(c) This section does not apply to a deed restriction or
other covenant running with the land that requires a fee associated
with the conveyance of property [in a subdivision] that is payable:
(1) to:
(A) [(1)] a property owners' association that
manages or regulates the subdivision or the association's managing
agent if the subdivision contains more than one platted lot;
(B) [(2)] an entity organized under Section
501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; [or]
(C) [(3)] a governmental entity; or
(D) an entity other than a property owners'
association that operates a golf course and country club in or
adjacent to the subdivision if property owners in the subdivision
are required by deed restriction to obtain and maintain a
membership in the golf course and country club; or
(2) for the benefit or in consideration of a
conservation easement created under Chapter 183, Natural Resources
Code, located in a county with a population of at least 500,000 and
not more than one million.