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Texas Property Code § 209.0059

Right to Vote

Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act

(a) A provision in a dedicatory instrument that would disqualify a property owner from voting in a property owners' association election of board members or on any matter concerning the rights or responsibilities of the owner is void.

(b) This section does not apply to a property owners' association that is subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, by application of Section 552.0036, Government Code.

(c) In a residential development with 10 or fewer lots for which the declaration was recorded before January 1, 2015, a person may not vote in a property owners' association election unless the person is subject to a dedicatory instrument governing the association through which the association exercises its authority.

Official text of the Texas Property Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (H.B. 2761), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2012.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1183 (S.B. 1168), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2015.

Other codes referenced

Gov't § 552.0036