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

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

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a county to regulate condominiums. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0016 to read as follows: Sec. 232.0016. CONDOMINIUM REGULATION. (a) In this section, "condominium" and "declaration" have the meanings assigned by Section 82.003, Property Code. (b) A condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land for the purposes of this chapter. (c) A county may not require: (1) the undivided common interests in a condominium to be subdivided; or (2) any other division of the designated separate ownership interests in the condominium. (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a county may not regulate the internal site development of a tract of land to be declared as a condominium or a platted lot declared as a condominium. (e) A county may ensure that a plat for a condominium has adequate public street frontage or utility easements to serve the condominium. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a condominium declaration filed on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.