Bill Text: TX HB2241 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to amendment of restrictions in certain residential real estate subdivisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Left pending in committee [HB2241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2241-Introduced.html
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By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 2241 |
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relating to amendment of restrictions in certain residential real | ||
estate subdivisions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 211.001(4), Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(4) "Residential real estate subdivision" or | ||
"subdivision" means all land encompassed within one or more maps or | ||
plats of land that is divided into two or more parts if: | ||
(A) the maps or plats cover land all or part of | ||
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(i) for a county with a population of less | ||
than 65,000, is not located [ |
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jurisdiction of a municipality; or | ||
(ii) for a county with a population of at | ||
least 65,000 and less than 135,000, is located wholly within the | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality; | ||
(B) the land encompassed within the maps or plats | ||
is or was burdened by restrictions limiting all or at least a | ||
majority of the land area covered by the map or plat, excluding | ||
streets and public areas, to residential use only; and | ||
(C) all instruments creating the restrictions | ||
are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 211.002(a), Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) This chapter applies only to a residential real estate | ||
subdivision or any unit or parcel of a subdivision: | ||
(1) all or part of which is located [ |
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population of less than 65,000; or | ||
(2) all of which is located within the | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county | ||
that has a population of at least 65,000 and less than 135,000. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |