Texas Property Code

§ 209.002 — DEFINITIONS

PR § 209.002Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS · Ch. 209. TEXAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS PROTECTION ACT

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Assessment" means a regular assessment, special assessment, or other amount a property owner is required to pay a property owners' association under the dedicatory instrument or by law.

(2)"Board" means the governing body of a property owners' association.

(3)"Declaration" means an instrument filed in the real property records of a county that includes restrictive covenants governing a residential subdivision.

(4)"Dedicatory instrument" means each governing instrument covering the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a residential subdivision. The term includes restrictions or similar instruments subjecting property to restrictive covenants, bylaws, or similar instruments governing the administration or operation of a property owners' association, to properly adopted rules and regulations of the property owners' association, and to all lawful amendments to the covenants, bylaws, rules, or regulations. (4-a) "Development period" means a period stated in a declaration during which a declarant reserves:

(A)a right to facilitate the development, construction, and marketing of the subdivision; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (H.B. 503), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1183 (S.B. 1168), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 951 (S.B. 1588), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.