State Affairs - Land Use
221. HOA Governance
We support legislation prohibiting HOAs from using "policies" to bypass the process of residents' voting on changes in deed restrictions. We urge the Texas Legislature to enact legislation allowing a simple majority of property owners within and subject to a homeowners' association to dissolve the association. The Texas Legislature shall enact legislation to restrict developers from controlling the Homeowners Association more than 5 years and expanding the properties included beyond contiguous property. We also call upon the Texas Legislature to amend the language of that section of the Open Meetings Act that applies to HOAs to clearly require that every HOA that charges fees to residents be required to comply with every aspect of the Texas Open Meetings Act. We oppose HOAs' limiting freedom of speech and assembly imposed on master-planned community homeowners.
