Texas Property Code
§ 201.002 — FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
PR § 201.002Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS · Ch. 201. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The legislature finds that:
(1)the pending expiration of property restrictions applicable to real estate subdivisions in municipalities and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction area of municipalities where there is no zoning creates uncertainty in living conditions and discourages investments in affected subdivisions;
(2)owners of land in affected subdivisions are reluctant or unable to provide proper maintenance, upkeep, and repairs of structures because of the pending expiration of the restrictions;
(3)financial institutions cannot or will not lend money for investments, maintenance, upkeep, or repairs in affected subdivisions;
(4)these conditions cause dilapidation of housing and other structures and cause unhealthful and unsanitary conditions in affected subdivisions, contrary to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens; and
(5)the existence of racial covenants in subdivisions, regardless of their unenforceability, is offensive, repugnant, and harmful to members of racial or ethnic minority groups, and public policy requires that these covenants be deleted.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.