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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of property owners' association management |
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certificates recorded in the county real property records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 209.004, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The county clerk of each county in which a management |
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certificate is recorded as required by this section shall file the |
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management certificate in the real property records of the county |
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labeled as "Property Owners' Association Management Certificate." |
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SECTION 2. To ensure that all management certificates are |
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filed and labeled in accordance with Section 209.004(a-1), Property |
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Code, as added by this Act, on or after September 1, 2013, and not |
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later than January 1, 2014, each property owners' association that |
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is subject to Section 209.004, Property Code, as amended by this |
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Act, shall record the association's management certificate under |
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that section, regardless of whether the association filed a |
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management certificate before September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |