By: Nichols  S.B. No. 1672
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; April 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to extension or modification of restrictive covenants in
  certain residential real estate subdivisions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (4), Section 210.001, Property Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Residential real estate subdivision" or
  "subdivision" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003, except
  that in a county described by Section 210.002(1) a subdivision that
  is a gated community with private streets need not be located in a
  city, town, or village or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction
  of a city, town, or village.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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