The following links take you to Texas Property Code laws. Chapter 5: Texas Statutes pertaining to buying and selling of property. –> Link Chapter 41: Property Exempt From Creditors’ Claims. –> Link Chapter 51: Provisions Generally Applicable To Liens. –> Link Chapter 82: Uniform Condominium Act –> Link Chapter 201: Restrictive Covenants Applicable To Certain …
Read More Texas Laws Affecting POA Home OwnersHere are some Texas laws that may, or may not, affect your property owners’ association, that are from various groups of Texas laws: Chapter 27: Government Code – Justice Court (Deed Restrictions). –> Link Chapter 32: Property Tax Code – Tax Liens and Personal Liability. –> Link Chapter 34: Property Tax Code – Tax Sales …
Read More Texas Laws – MiscellaneousHere are some of the United States Federal laws that a homeowner or property owner organization must know and follow (click on each to visit the website page): –> Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) –> Federal Fair Housing Laws –> Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act –> Federal US Flag Code –> Over-the-Air Reception Devices …
Read More United States Laws for HOA’s & POA’sROBERT’s RULES OF ORDER: Many HOA’s & POA’s, including HLECC, use Robert’s Rules of Order at their meetings. This is a simple, basic video, done by a 4H club that gives a great overview of how meetings should be done under RONR. These young people are doing a great job by learning what needs to …
Read More Robert’s Rules of OrderThought I would start this last day of the ‘work week’ with a good video on property owners association for conducting meetings and actions of the Board in and outside the meetings. It will help you to consider your actions when dealing with a contentious meeting environment. Some good basic info about Roberts’ Rules of …
Read More POA / HOA Meetings – MeetingsAfter going through some examples of changes made to governing documents by our property owners’ association, I am trying to put together a group of ‘best practices’, based on these examples and Texas state statutes. I personally prefer the way that Texas changes their statutes, but this may not be useful to all property or …
Read More Good Practice – Modifying Property Owner Association Governing DocumentsBEST PRACTICE IN MODIFYING GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: When reviewing the governing document changes that have been done by the HLECC, I found a lot of confusion in what was changed and what remained. I just wanted explain how it should be done, per Robert’s Rules of Order, along with an example of how Texas does modifications …
Read More Best Practice – Modifying Governing DocumentsWRITE-IN CANDIDATES ON BOARD BALLOT: One of the HLE BOARD members has declared that Texas Statute 209.00593 removes the legal right to have write-in candidates on our ballot. I asked the attorney today if this was true. The statute was reviewed and no wording in that statute removes the ability or our right to have …
Read More Write In Candidates On Board Election BallotHoliday Lake Estates is a recreational property subdivision in Polk County Texas that was registered with the state in the mid 1960’s as a property owners’ association, As you drive through HLE, you will see some houses, some empty lots, and some wooded areas of vacant land. Some of the property owners live permanently in …
Read More Holiday Lake Estates Property Owner StatsFor those who are considering a property purchase in Holiday Lake Estates, you may want consider what you would like to accomplish with the property. Make sure that your plans fit the property, the subdivision, and the county. Some things to consider: Does the person selling the property have deeded rights to it? Since HLE …
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