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By: Harris Davila, et al. |
H.B. No. 517 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2025; |
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April 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Business & Commerce; May 5, 2025, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a property owners' association to |
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assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of |
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residential watering restriction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 202.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 202.008. LIMITATION ON FINES DURING RESIDENTIAL WATER |
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RESTRICTION. (a) For the purposes of this section, "residential |
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watering restriction" means a temporary restriction of water use to |
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irrigate residential vegetation or turf that is mandated by a |
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municipality, water utility, or other wholesale or retail water |
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supplier as part of a strategy to conserve water during a period of |
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drought. |
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(b) A property owners' association may not assess a fine |
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against a property owner for a violation of an applicable |
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restrictive covenant that requires the owner to plant or install |
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grass or turf or maintain green vegetation or turf or prohibits |
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discolored or brown vegetation or turf on the property: |
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(1) during a period when the owner's property is |
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subject to a residential watering restriction under which |
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discolored or brown vegetation or turf could reasonably result; and |
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(2) before the 60th day after the date a residential |
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watering restriction described by Subdivision (1) is lifted. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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