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HB517 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Harris Davila | Isaac | Troxclair | Button | Luther
Last action
2025-05-26
Official status
05/26/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-26

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  19. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  20. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  21. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  25. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  26. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  27. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#482

  28. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  31. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  32. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  33. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Troxclair

  34. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#438

  35. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 2-Isaac

  37. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#439

  38. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  39. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#440

  40. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  46. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  47. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  48. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  49. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  50. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  53. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

  54. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 517 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 517

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a property owners' association to

assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of

residential watering restriction.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding

Section 202.008 to read as follows:

Sec.

202.008.

LIMITATION ON FINES DURING RESIDENTIAL WATER

RESTRICTION. (a) For the purposes of this section, "residential

watering restriction" means a temporary restriction of water use to

irrigate residential vegetation or turf that is mandated by a

municipality, water utility, or other wholesale or retail water

supplier as part of a strategy to conserve water during a period of

drought.

(b)

A property owners' association may not assess a fine

against a property owner for a violation of an applicable

restrictive covenant that requires the owner to plant or install

grass or turf or maintain green vegetation or turf or prohibits

discolored or brown vegetation or turf on the property:

(1)

during a period when the owner's property is

subject to a residential watering restriction under which

discolored or brown vegetation or turf could reasonably result; and

(2)

before the 60th day after the date a residential

watering restriction described by Subdivision (1) is lifted.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the House on April

24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the Senate on May

12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor