Bill Text: TX HB3571 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of security measures by certain property owners' associations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3571-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3571 |
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relating to the regulation of security measures by certain property | ||
owners' associations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 202.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 202.023. SECURITY MEASURES. (a) This section does not | ||
apply to: | ||
(1) a condominium as defined by Section 81.002 or | ||
82.003; or | ||
(2) a master mixed-use property owners' association | ||
subject to Chapter 215. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a property owners' | ||
association may not adopt or enforce a restrictive covenant that | ||
prevents a property owner from building or installing security | ||
measures, including but not limited to a security camera, motion | ||
detector, or perimeter fence. | ||
(c) This section does not prohibit a property owners' | ||
association from: | ||
(1) prohibiting the installation of a security camera | ||
by a property owner in a place other than the property owner's | ||
private property; or | ||
(2) regulating the type of fencing that a property | ||
owner may install. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3571 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3571 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3571 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays | ||
2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |