SB 711 —

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This bill amends 7 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 82.003(a), Property Code, Section 82.1142, Property Code, Section 82.116, Property Code, Section 82.157, Property Code, Section 202.023, Property Code, Section 209.00505(c), Property Code.

• Section 82.003(a), Property Code

  (17-a) "Management company" means a person or entity established or contracted to provide management or administrative services on behalf of a unit owners' association organized under Section 82.101.

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• Section 82.1142, Property Code

  Sec. 82.1142. ONLINE ASSOCIATION INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) This section only applies to: (1) the association of a condominium composed of at least 60 units; or (2) an association that has contracted with a management company. (b) An association to which this section applies shall make the current version of the association's dedicatory instruments relating to the association and filed in the county deed records available on an Internet website that is: (1) maintained by the association or a management company on behalf of the association; and (2) accessible to association members.

  added

• Section 82.116, Property Code

  , or and the person or entity managing the association (6) a Subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) The → management and any amendments to the declaration ; (6) , , telephone number, and e-mail address any management company (7) the website address of any Internet website on which the association's dedicatory instruments are available in accordance with Section 82.1142; (8) the amount and description of a fee or fees charged to a unit seller or buyer relating to a transfer of a property interest in a unit of the condominium; (9) an amended Subsection (a) (b-1) Not later than the seventh day after the date an association files a management certificate for recording under Subsection (a) or files an amended management certificate for recording under Subsection (b), the association shall electronically file the management certificate or amended management certificate with the Texas Real Estate Commission. The Texas Real Estate Commission shall only collect the management certificate and amended management certificate for the purpose of making the data accessible to the public through an Internet website. Except as provided by Subsection (d), the with a county clerk's office or to electronically file the management certificate with the Texas Real Estate Commission (d) A unit owner is not liable for attorney's fees incurred by an association relating to the collection of a delinquent assessment against the unit owner, or interest on the delinquent assessment, if the attorney's fees are incurred by the association or the interest accrues during the period a management certificate is not recorded with a county clerk or electronically filed with the Texas Real Estate Commission, as required by this section.

  amended

• Section 82.157, Property Code

  (f) An association may charge a reasonable and necessary fee, not to exceed $375, to furnish a resale certificate under Subsection (a).

  amended

• Section 202.023, Property Code

  or → ; (3) prohibiting the placement of fencing that obstructs: (A) a license area, as defined by a written license agreement or plat; (B) a sidewalk in the public right-of-way or otherwise installed for public or community use; or (C) a drainage easement or drainage area; (4) requiring a driveway gate to be set back at least 10 feet from the right-of-way if the driveway intersects with a laned roadway, as defined by Section 541.302, Transportation Code; or (5) if provided by a restrictive covenant, prohibiting the installation of fencing in front of the front-most building line of a dwelling (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a property owner may maintain any perimeter fencing or fencing in front of a dwelling's front-most building line installed or constructed before September 1, 2025. (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(5), a property owners' association may not prohibit a property owner from installing perimeter fencing or fencing in front of the front-most building line of a dwelling if: (1) the property owner's residential address is exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law; or (2) the property owner provides to the association documentation from a law enforcement agency of the property owner's need for enhanced security measures.

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• Section 209.00505(c), Property Code

  A → Sec. 209.00506. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE ON ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies only to an architectural review authority to which Section 209.00505 applies. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person may not be appointed or elected to serve on an architectural review authority unless the person timely notifies the property owners' association of the person's interest in serving on the authority in accordance with Section 209.00507. Except as provided by Subsection (d), a (d) If a vacancy remains on the architectural review authority after each person eligible under Subsection (c) who timely notifies the property owners' association in accordance with Section 209.00507 is appointed or elected to the authority, the association may appoint any person to fill the vacancy, including a person not otherwise eligible under Subsection (c).

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• Section 209.00507, Property Code

  Sec. 209.00507. SOLICITATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies only to an architectural review authority to which Section 209.00505 applies. (b) Not later than the 10th day before the date a property owners' association or board takes action to elect or appoint or meets to elect or appoint a person to serve on the architectural review authority, the association must provide notice to the association members soliciting persons interested in serving on the architectural review authority. (c) The notice required under Subsection (b) must: (1) be provided: (A) by mail to each owner; or (B) by: (i) posting the notice in a conspicuous manner reasonably designed to provide notice to property owners' association members: (a) in a place located on the association's common property or, with the property owner's consent, on other conspicuously located privately owned property within the subdivision; or (b) on any Internet website maintained by the association or other Internet media; and (ii) sending the notice by e-mail to each owner who has registered an e-mail address with the property owners' association; and (2) contain instructions for a person to notify the property owners' association of the person's interest in serving on the architectural review authority, including the date by which the person's notification must be received by the association. (d) The date established by a property owners' association under Subsection (c)(2) by which notification of a person's interest in serving on the architectural review authority must be received by the association may not be a date earlier than the 10th day after the date the association provides the notice described by Subsection (c).

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