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HB 1349TEXASSession 89RState Billdead

Did Not Advance

Texas Bill Regulates Property Owners Associations, Fencing, and Management Certificates

Original title: Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations.

Last action · April 28, 2025: Laid on the table subject to callSponsors: Chris Turner and 5 others

Companion · SB 711same policy, Senate version

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What This Bill Proposed

Property owners' associations and condominium associations in Texas must publish governing documents online, cap resale certificate fees at $375, and electronically file s with the Texas Real Estate Commission starting September 1, 2025. The measure also restricts current board members and their relatives from serving on architectural review authorities and sets new rules for homeowner-installed fencing and security exemptions.

Why it matters

Homeowners face new caps on property resale fees and specific website accessibility requirements for association rules, while property associations must change how they handle management filings and architectural committee elections or risk forfeiting collection fees on delinquent assessments.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Property owners' associations

Associations must publish rules online, electronically file management certificates, adhere to fee caps for resale certificates, and follow new procedures for architectural review board appointments.

Directly affected

Property owners and condominium unit owners

Owners gain website access to association rules, protections against certain legal fee charges during management certificate lapses, and specific exceptions allowing perimeter or front fencing under security or privacy conditions.

Directly affected

Texas Real Estate Commission

The Commission is required to collect electronic management certificates from property associations and make the data publicly accessible via an internet website.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the maximum amount an association can charge for a resale certificate?

An association may charge a reasonable and necessary fee not to exceed $375 to furnish a resale certificate.

Are current board members allowed to serve on an architectural review authority?

No, current board members, their spouses, and members of their households are generally prohibited from serving on an , unless a vacancy remains after all timely notified eligible candidates have been appointed or elected.

What happens if an association fails to file its management certificate with the state or county?

The association cannot hold a unit owner liable for attorney's fees or interest on delinquent assessments incurred during the period that the is not properly recorded or electronically filed.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.

Procedural history

16 actions

Apr 28, 2025House
Laid on the table subject to call
Apr 28, 2025House
Companion considered in lieu of (SB 711)
Apr 28, 2025House
Placed on General State Calendar
Apr 24, 2025House
Considered in Calendars
Apr 22, 2025House
Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 21, 2025House
Committee report distributed

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Apr 17, 2025House
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 9, 2025HouseCommittee
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 9, 2025House
Considered in public hearing
Apr 2, 2025House
Left pending in committee
Apr 2, 2025House
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 2, 2025House
Considered in public hearing
Apr 2, 2025House
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 10, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time
Nov 15, 2024HouseIntroduced
Filed

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