Texas Property Code

§ 202.013 — REGULATION OF ASSEMBLY, ASSOCIATION, AND SPEECH

PR § 202.013Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS · Ch. 202. CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

Statute text

(a)This section does not apply to a common area of a property owners' association that is not made available for meetings:

(1)due to designated seasonal use; or

(2)other than a meeting of the property owners' association, the board of the property owners' association, or a committee of the association or the association's board.

(b)Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association may not adopt or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting a property owner or resident from inviting governmental officials and candidates who have been qualified in the appropriate election to run for public governmental office to address or meet with property owners' association members, residents, or their invitees in common areas of the association.

(c)A property owners' association may require gatherings described by Subsection (b) to abide by the same provisions of a dedicatory instrument that apply to any other gathering held in a common area of the association, including a provision:

(1)requiring a room rental fee or deposit;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 551 (H.B. 621), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.