{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.0036","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 552.0036","heading":"CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS SUBJECT TO LAW.","body":"A property owners' association is subject to this chapter in the same manner as a governmental body:\n(1) if:\n(A) membership in the property owners' association is mandatory for owners or for a defined class of owners of private real property in a defined geographic area in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more;\n(B) the property owners' association has the power to make mandatory special assessments for capital improvements or mandatory regular assessments; and\n(C) the amount of the mandatory special or regular assessments is or has ever been based in whole or in part on the value at which the state or a local governmental body assesses the property for purposes of ad valorem taxation under Section 20, Article VIII, Texas Constitution; or\n(2) if the property owners' association:\n(A) provides maintenance, preservation, and architectural control of residential and commercial property within a defined geographic area in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more; and\n(B) is a corporation that:\n(i) is governed by a board of trustees who may employ a general manager to execute the association's bylaws and administer the business of the corporation;\n(ii) does not require membership in the corporation by the owners of the property within the defined area; and\n(iii) was incorporated before January 1, 2006.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1084, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 552.0035 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(51), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 3674), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 552. PUBLIC INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm#552.0036","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"322ab8208793b1eb075167e90f69dc9189180779d14eaf090c6eb21384cae85e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.0035","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.0038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}