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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In this section, “property owners' association” has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association may not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant that prohibits a property owner from displaying on the owner's property one or more signs advertising a candidate or measure for an election:
(1) on or after the 90th day before the date of the election to which the sign relates; or
(2) before the 10th day after that election date.
(c) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or adoption of a covenant that:
(1) requires a sign to be ground-mounted; or
(2) limits a property owner to displaying only one sign for each candidate or measure.
(d) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or adoption of a covenant that prohibits a sign that:
(1) contains roofing material, siding, paving materials, flora, one or more balloons or lights, or any other similar building, landscaping, or nonstandard decorative component;
(2) is attached in any way to plant material, a traffic control device, a light, a trailer, a vehicle, or any other existing structure or object;
(3) includes the painting of architectural surfaces;
(4) threatens the public health or safety;
(5) is larger than four feet by six feet;
(6) violates a law;
(7) contains language, graphics, or any display that would be offensive to the ordinary person; or
(8) is accompanied by music or other sounds or by streamers or is otherwise distracting to motorists.
(e) A property owners' association may remove a sign displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Election Code - ELEC § 259.002. Regulation of Display of Political Signs by Property Owners' Association - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/election-code/elec-sect-259-002/
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