Texas Property Code 216.008 – Petition or Ballots
(a) After receiving written approval of a petition or ballot by the property owners’ association, the petition or ballots for the extension or amendment of restrictions must be distributed to the owners in the subdivision by any public method, including:
(1) by United States mail;
(2) by electronic mail or other method of electronic transmission or publication, including publication on an Internet website;
(3) by door-to-door circulation;
(4) by publication in a newspaper or similar publication of general circulation in the municipality in which the subdivision is located; or
(5) at a meeting of the owners in the subdivision called for the purpose of voting on the proposed extension or amendment.
(b) The petition or ballots may be provided to owners in separate documents. The separate documents are considered to be one instrument.
Terms Used In Texas Property Code 216.008
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) If a restriction is amended under this chapter, a petition or ballot for a subsequent amendment of the restrictions may not be distributed under Subsection (a) before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the amended restriction under § 216.010.