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TX Prop § 77.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter F. Unclaimed Payments|Section 77.253. Excess Claims

Sec. 77.253.  EXCESS CLAIMS.  The comptroller may pay a claim under this chapter that is more than the money available in the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund using funds appropriated by the legislature for paying claims under this title.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.301. Rules

Sec. 77.301.  RULES.  The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.302. Examination of Records

Sec. 77.302.  EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.  (a)  To enforce this chapter and to determine whether reports have been made as required by this chapter, the comptroller, the attorney general, or an authorized agent of either, may, at any reasonable time and place, examine the books and records of any holder.(b)  The comptroller, the attorney general, or an agent of either may not make public any information obtained by an examination made under this section and may not disclose that information except in the course of a judicial proceeding, authorized by this chapter, in which the state is a party or under an agreement with another state allowing joint audits or the exchange of information obtained under this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.303. Authority to Take Testimony and Issue Administrative Subpoenas

Sec. 77.303.  AUTHORITY TO TAKE TESTIMONY AND ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.  (a)  In addition to the authority to examine granted by Section 77.302, to enforce this chapter and to determine whether reports have been made as required by this chapter, the comptroller, or the comptroller's designee, may take testimony, administer oaths, and issue subpoenas to compel any person, at a time and place reasonable under the circumstances, to appear and give testimony, and to produce relevant books, records, documents, or other data, in whatever form, for audit, inspection, and copying.(b)  A person authorized to serve process under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure may serve a subpoena issued under Subsection (a).  The person shall serve the subpoena in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.304. Enforcement of Subpoenas

Sec. 77.304.  ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS.  (a)  If the person to whom a subpoena is directed under Section 77.303 fails to comply with the subpoena, or fails to file a motion to quash or otherwise demand a pre-compliance review of the subpoena, within the return date specified in the subpoena, the attorney general shall, on the request of the comptroller, bring suit to enforce the subpoena.  The suit may be brought in a state district court where service may be obtained on the person refusing to testify or produce records.(b)  A court that determines that the subpoena was issued in good faith shall order compliance with the subpoena.  The court may apply penalties for civil and criminal contempt otherwise available at law where a person refuses to comply with the court's order.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.305. Venue for Pre-Compliance Review

Sec. 77.305.  VENUE FOR PRE-COMPLIANCE REVIEW.  A person receiving a subpoena under this chapter may, before the return date specified in the subpoena, petition a district court in Travis County for an order to modify or quash the subpoena.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.306. Assistance in Enforcement

Sec. 77.306.  ASSISTANCE IN ENFORCEMENT.  If the comptroller or attorney general requests, any state agency, county clerk, district clerk, county attorney, or district attorney shall assist the comptroller or attorney general in enforcing this chapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.307. Penalty

Sec. 77.307.  PENALTY.  A penalty equal to five percent of the value of the unclaimed restitution payment due shall be imposed on a holder who fails to pay or deliver the payment within the time prescribed by this chapter.  If a holder fails to pay or deliver an unclaimed restitution payment before the 121st day after the date the payment is due, an additional penalty equal to five percent of the value of the payment due shall be imposed.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 77.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 6 - Unclaimed Property|Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments|Subchapter G. Enforcement|Section 77.308. Waiver or Abatement of Penalty

Sec. 77.308.  WAIVER OR ABATEMENT OF PENALTY.  The comptroller may waive any penalty or interest imposed under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 81.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter A. Provisions Generally Applicable to Condominiums|Section 81.001. Short Title

Sec. 81.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Condominium Act.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3616, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter A. Provisions Generally Applicable to Condominiums|Section 81.0011. Applicability

Sec. 81.0011.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This chapter applies only to a condominium regime created before January 1, 1994.  A condominium regime created on or after January 1, 1994, is governed by Chapter 82.(b)  A condominium regime created before January 1, 1994, to which this chapter applies is also governed by Chapter 82 as provided by Section 82.002.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 244, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.|
TX Prop § 81.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter A. Provisions Generally Applicable to Condominiums|Section 81.002. Definitions

Sec. 81.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Apartment" means an enclosed space, regardless of whether it is designed for residential or other use, that consists of one or more rooms in a building and that has a direct exit to a thoroughfare or to a common space that leads to a thoroughfare.(2)  "Building" includes each principal structure on or to be erected on real property dedicated in a declaration to a condominium regime.(3)  "Condominium" means a form of real property ownership that combines separate ownership of individual apartments or units with common ownership of other elements.(4)  "Council of owners" means all the apartment owners in a condominium project.(5)  "Declaration" means the instrument that establishes property under a condominium regime.(6)  "General common elements" means the property that is part of a condominium regime other than property that is part of or belongs to an apartment in the regime, including:(A)  land on which the building is erected;(B)  foundations, bearing walls and columns, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrance, exit, and communication ways;(C)  basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided;(D)  premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided;(E)  compartments or installation of central services such as power, light, gas, water, refrigeration, central heat and air, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and swimming pools;  and(F)  elevators and elevator shafts, garbage incinerators, and all other devices and installations generally existing for common use.(7)  "Limited common elements" means a portion of the common elements allocated by unanimous agreement of a council of owners for the use of one or more but less than all of the apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and similar areas or facilities.(8)  "Master deed" means a deed that establishes property under a condominium regime.(9)  "Master lease" means a lease that establishes property under a condominium regime.(10)  "Project" means a plan to offer for sale or to sell real property consisting of four or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in an existing or proposed building as a condominium.(11)  "Property" means real property, whether leased or owned, the improvements on the property, and the incorporeal rights that are appurtenant to the property.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3616, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter A. Provisions Generally Applicable to Condominiums|Section 81.003. Applicability of Local Ordinances and Regulations

Sec. 81.003.  APPLICABILITY OF LOCAL ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.  (a)  A planning or zoning commission of a county or municipality may adopt regulations governing condominium regimes that supplement this chapter.(b)  A local zoning ordinance must be construed to treat similar structures, lots, or parcels in a similar manner regardless of whether the property is a condominium or is leased.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3617, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.101. Creation of Condominium

Sec. 81.101.  CREATION OF CONDOMINIUM.  An owner or developer of an existing or a planned building establishes a condominium regime by recording a master deed, master lease, or declaration under Section 81.102.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3618, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.102. Contents of Declaration, Master Deed, or Master Lease

Sec. 81.102.  CONTENTS OF DECLARATION, MASTER DEED, OR MASTER LEASE.  (a)  A declaration, master deed, or master lease for a condominium must contain:(1)  the legal description of the real property dedicated to the condominium regime, depicted by a plat of the property that locates and identifies by letter each existing or proposed building;(2)  a general description of each apartment, including the square footage, location, number, and other information necessary for identification of the apartment, depicted by a plat of the floor of the building in which the apartment is located that identifies the building by letter and the floor and the apartment by number;(3)  a general description of each area not already described that is subject to individual ownership and exclusive control, such as a garage or carport, depicted by a plat that shows the area and appropriately identifies it by letter or number;(4)  a description of the general common elements that are not described under Subdivision 1;(5)  a description of the limited common elements;(6)  each apartment's fractional or percentage interest in the entire condominium regime;(7)  a provision that the declaration may only be amended at a meeting of the apartment owners at which the amendment is approved by the holders of at least 67 percent of the ownership interests in the condominium;  and(8)  a provision that an amendment of the declaration may not alter or destroy a unit or a limited common element without the consent of the owners affected and the owners' first lien mortgagees.(b)  A declaration, master deed, or master lease for a condominium may contain any covenants or other matters the declarant considers appropriate.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3618, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 18, Sec. 9(b), eff. Oct. 2, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.103. Public Records

Sec. 81.103.  PUBLIC RECORDS.  (a)  Each county clerk shall maintain suitable records called "Condominium Records" in which the clerk shall record master deeds, master leases, and declarations for condominiums.(b)  A county clerk shall record plats and other instruments in a declaration without prior approval from any other authority.(c)  A document required or authorized by this chapter to be recorded must be recorded according to law in the real property records of the county in which the property to which the document relates is located.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3618, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.104. Apartment Ownership

Sec. 81.104.  APARTMENT OWNERSHIP.  (a)  An owner of an apartment in a condominium regime owns it exclusively, and the owner may possess, convey, or encumber the apartment, or subject it to judicial acts, independently of the other apartments in the condominium regime.(b)  An individual title or interest in an apartment in a condominium regime is recordable.(c)  The entire interest in the condominium regime shall be divided among the apartments.(d)  A person may own an apartment in a condominium regime jointly or in common with others.(e)  A condominium association may not alter or destroy an apartment or a limited common element without the consent of all owners affected and the first lien mortgagees of all affected owners.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3619, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 18, Sec. 9(c), eff. Oct. 2, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.105. Apartment Boundaries

Sec. 81.105.  APARTMENT BOUNDARIES.  (a)  The boundaries of an apartment in a condominium regime are the interior surfaces of the apartment's perimeter walls, floors, and ceilings, and the exterior surfaces of the apartment's balconies and terraces.(b)  Except for common elements, the portions of a building on the boundaries of an apartment in a condominium regime and the airspace within those boundaries are part of the apartment.(c)  In interpreting a legal instrument relating to an apartment or to an apartment that has been reconstructed substantially according to the original plans of the apartment, the physical boundaries of the apartment are conclusively presumed to be the proper boundaries of the apartment regardless of settling, rising, or lateral movement of the building containing the apartment and regardless of variances between boundaries shown on the plat of the building and the actual boundaries of the building.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3619, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.106. Apartment Deeds

Sec. 81.106.  APARTMENT DEEDS.  A deed to an apartment in a condominium regime must:(1)  include by reference the plats in the declaration;(2)  state the encumbrances against the apartment;(3)  describe the apartment according to the plat;  and(4)  state the apartment's fractional or percentage interest in the condominium regime.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3620, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.107. Interests in Common Elements

Sec. 81.107.  INTERESTS IN COMMON ELEMENTS.  An owner of an apartment in a condominium regime shares ownership of the regime's common elements with the other apartment owners.  An apartment owner may use the common elements according to their intended purposes, as expressed in the plat, declaration, or bylaws of the condominium regime, without interfering with the rights of the other apartment owners.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3620, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.108. Partition of Common Elements

Sec. 81.108.  PARTITION OF COMMON ELEMENTS.  (a)  The ownership of the general and the limited common elements of a condominium regime may not be judicially partitioned or divided while they are suitable for a condominium regime.(b)  A person may not initiate an action for partition of the limited or general common elements of a condominium regime unless the mortgages on the property are paid or the consent of the mortgagees is obtained.(c)  An agreement contrary to this section is void.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3621, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.109. Conveyance of Common Elements

Sec. 81.109.  CONVEYANCE OF COMMON ELEMENTS.  An apartment in a condominium regime and the undivided interest of an apartment owner in the common elements of the regime that are attributable to the apartment may not be conveyed separately.  If a conveyance of an apartment does not refer to the common elements, the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the general and the limited common elements of the regime attributable to the apartment is conveyed with the apartment.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3622, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.110. Termination of Condominium Regime

Sec. 81.110.  TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUM REGIME.  (a)  By unanimous agreement, or if the declaration provides for termination by agreement of the owners, by agreement of the holders of at least 67 percent or a stated percentage in the declaration, whichever is greater, of the ownership interests in the condominium, the owners of a building in a condominium regime may terminate the regime and request the county clerk of the county in which the regime is located to merge the records of the estates that comprise the condominium regime, if any creditors in whose behalf encumbrances against the building are recorded agree to accept the undivided portions of the property owned by the debtors as security, provided no amendment may be made to a declaration to reduce the vote required for termination of the condominium regime.(b)  If a condominium regime is terminated, each apartment owner owns an undivided interest in the common property that corresponds to the undivided interest previously owned by the apartment owner in the common elements.(c)  Property that has been removed from a condominium regime may be dedicated to another condominium regime at any time.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3621, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 157, Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 1989.|Sec. 81.111.  AMENDMENT OF CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION.  After a condominium declaration is recorded with a county clerk, the declaration may not be amended except at a meeting of the apartment owners at which the amendment is approved by the holders of at least 67 percent of the ownership interests in the condominium.|Added by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 18, Sec. 9(d), eff. Oct. 2, 1984.|
TX Prop § 81.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter B. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums|Section 81.112. Restriction Relating to Club Membership

Sec. 81.112.  RESTRICTION RELATING TO CLUB MEMBERSHIP.  (a)  A provision of a declaration, master deed, master lease, or other recorded contract that requires owners of apartments in a condominium regime to maintain a membership in a specified private club is not valid after the 10th anniversary of the date the provision is recorded or renewed unless renewed after the ninth anniversary of that date at a meeting of the apartment owners at which the renewal is approved by the holders of at least 67 percent of the ownership interests in the condominium and the text of the renewed provision is recorded in the real property records of each county in which the condominium is located.(b)  A provision described by this section may not be enacted or renewed as a bylaw by a council of owners.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Prop § 81.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 7 - Condominiums|Chapter 81 - Condominiums Created Before Adoption of Uniform Condominium Act|Subchapter C. Condominium Management|Section 81.201. Authority of Council of Owners

Sec. 81.201.  AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL OF OWNERS.  (a)  The council of owners of a condominium regime may adopt and amend bylaws.(b)  A council of owners of a condominium regime may institute litigation on behalf of two or more apartment owners concerning a matter related to the common elements of two or more apartments.  The council of owners may delegate its authority under this subsection by designating in the bylaws a person who may exercise the authority.  This subsection does not limit the right of an apartment owner to bring an action in the apartment owner's own behalf.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3621, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|