TITLE: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the street parking of certain vehicles.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the street parking of certain vehicles.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the street parking of certain vehicles. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 202.008 to read as follows: Sec. 202.008. CERTAIN PARKING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED. A property owners' association may not adopt or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument to the extent the provision would have the effect of prohibiting a property owner or resident from parking on a street adjacent to the owner's or resident's dwelling a vehicle that is: (1) owned by this state, an agency or political subdivision of this state, or the United States; (2) operated by a property owner or resident in the regular course of the property owner's or resident's employment; and (3) required by the property owner's or resident's employer to be parked in the immediate vicinity of the property owner's or resident's dwelling when the property owner or resident is at that location. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.