{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-216.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 216.003","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) This chapter applies only to an older subdivision that:\n(1) is wholly or partly located in a municipality with a population of two million or more;\n(2) had original restrictions that:\n(A) for at least one section of the subdivision, did not have an express procedure that provides for successive extensions of the restrictions;\n(B) did not have an express procedure for amending the restrictions;\n(C) under the common law of this state could not be amended without the unanimous consent of:\n(i) all owners in the subdivision; or\n(ii) all owners in any section of the subdivision; and\n(D) may no longer be valid due to an inability to extend or amend the restrictions; and\n(3) has a single property owners' association in which all owners in the subdivision are eligible for membership but in which membership is not mandatory.\n(b) This chapter applies to a restriction regardless of the date on which the restriction was created.\n(c) This chapter supersedes any contrary requirement for the extension or amendment of a restriction in a dedicatory instrument of a subdivision to which this chapter applies.\n(d) This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a residential subdivision described by Section 209.0041(b);\n(2) a condominium, as defined by Section 81.002 or 82.003;\n(3) any portion of a residential subdivision in which restrictions are no longer enforceable due to nonresidential use; or\n(4) property that is owned by a university that was owned by the university on the effective date of this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 691 (H.B. 1558), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2023.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS","CHAPTER 216. EXTENSION OR AMENDMENT OF RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN OLDER SUBDIVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.216.htm#216.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"3eca15c0f76daab3ad2a3ce661033c0466e1ecd1325a999cf55c81f90084769f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-216.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-216.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}