Bill Text: TX HB2948 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to regulate condominiums.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB2948 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2948-Introduced.html
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| By: Cyrier | H.B. No. 2948 | |
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| relating to the authority of a county to regulate condominiums. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0016 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 232.0016. CONDOMINIUM REGULATION. (a) In this | ||
| section, "condominium" and "declaration" have the meanings | ||
| assigned by Section 82.003, Property Code. | ||
| (b) A condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land | ||
| for the purposes of this chapter. | ||
| (c) A county may not require: | ||
| (1) the undivided common interests in a condominium to | ||
| be subdivided; or | ||
| (2) any other division of the designated separate | ||
| ownership interests in the condominium. | ||
| (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a county may not | ||
| regulate the internal site development of a tract of land to be | ||
| declared as a condominium or a platted lot declared as a | ||
| condominium. | ||
| (e) A county may ensure that a plat for a condominium has | ||
| adequate public street frontage or utility easements to serve the | ||
| condominium. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a condominium declaration filed on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
