TITLE: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 82.006, Property Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 82.006. APPLICABILITY OF LOCAL ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS, AND BUILDING CODES. (a) A zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real property use law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirement on a condominium that it would not impose on a physically identical development under a different form of ownership. Except as provided by this section [Otherwise],this chapter does not invalidate or modify any provision of any zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real property use law, ordinance, or regulation. (b) Notwithstanding any other law: (1) a condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land for purposes of Chapter 212, 232, or 242, Local Government Code; and (2) a municipality or county may not require the preparation or submission for approval of a subdivision plat in connection with the creation or alteration of a condominium under this chapter. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a condominium declaration filed for recording on or after the effective date of this Act. A condominium declaration filed for recording before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.