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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures to amend a declaration by a property owners |
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association. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 209.0041(h), Property Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(h) Except as provided by this subsection, a declaration may |
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be amended only by a vote of 60 [67] percent of the total votes cast |
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by members of [allocated to property owners in] the property |
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owners' association, in addition to any governmental approval |
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required by law. If the declaration contains a lower threshold |
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[percentage], the threshold [percentage] in the declaration |
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controls. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a vote held on or after November 1, 2015. A vote held before |
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November 1, 2015, is governed by the law applicable to the election |
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or vote immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |