Bill Text: TX HB431 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the installation of solar roof tiles.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB431-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 431 | ||
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| relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the | ||
| installation of solar roof tiles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 202.010(a)(2), Property Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (2) "Solar energy device" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 171.107, Tax Code. The term includes a solar roof tile. | ||
| SECTION 2. The amendment by this Act of Section | ||
| 202.010(a)(2), Property Code, is intended to clarify rather than | ||
| change existing law. | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 431 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 14, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 431 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
