Texas Property Code

§ 201.006 — PETITION PROCEDURE

PR § 201.006Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS · Ch. 201. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS

Statute text

(a)A petition may be circulated, signed, acknowledged, and filed by or on behalf of owners at any time during the circulating committee's existence. The petition must conform to the requirements of Section 201.007.

(b)The petition may be filed not later than one year after the date on which the notice required by Section 201.005(a) is filed. The petition must be signed and acknowledged by owners who own, in the aggregate:

(1)a majority of the total number of lots in the subdivision, in order to extend, renew, or create restrictions;

(2)a majority of the total number of separately owned parcels, tracts, or building sites in the subdivision, whether or not the parcels, tracts, or building sites contain part or all of one or more platted lots or combinations of lots, in order to extend, renew, or create restrictions;

(3)a majority of the square footage within all of the lots in the subdivision, excluding any area dedicated or used exclusively for roadways or public purposes or by utilities, in order to extend, renew, or create restrictions;

(4)at least 75 percent of the total number of lots in the subdivision, in order to modify or add to existing restrictions;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 712, Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.