By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1072
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
  May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
  and Commerce; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         EltifeX
         CreightonX
         EllisX
         HuffinesX
         SchwertnerX
         SeligerX
         TaylorofGalvestonX
         WatsonX
         WhitmireX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the eligibility of certain persons to serve on the board
  of a property owners' association.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 209.00591(b), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  If a board is presented with written, documented
  evidence from a database or other record maintained by a
  governmental law enforcement authority that a board member was [has
  been] convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude not
  more than 20 years before the date the board is presented with the
  evidence, the board member is immediately ineligible to serve on
  the board of the property owners' association, automatically
  considered removed from the board, and prohibited from future
  service on the board.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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