Bill Text: TX HB359 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-28 - Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development [HB359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB359-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 359 | |
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| relating to the authority of a property owners' association to | ||
| assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of | ||
| residential watering restriction. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 202.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 202.008. LIMITATION ON FINES DURING RESIDENTIAL WATER | ||
| RESTRICTION. (a) For the purposes of this section, "residential | ||
| watering restriction" means a temporary restriction of water use to | ||
| irrigate residential vegetation or turf that is mandated by a | ||
| municipality, water utility, or other wholesale or retail water | ||
| supplier as part of a strategy to conserve water during a period of | ||
| drought. | ||
| (b) A property owners' association may not assess a fine | ||
| against a property owner for a violation of an applicable | ||
| restrictive covenant that requires the owner to maintain green | ||
| vegetation or turf or prohibits discolored or brown vegetation or | ||
| turf on the property: | ||
| (1) during a period when the owner's property is | ||
| subject to a residential watering restriction under which | ||
| discolored or brown vegetation or turf could reasonably result; and | ||
| (2) for a reasonable period of time after a | ||
| residential watering restriction described by Subdivision (1) is | ||
| lifted. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
