| Texas Property Code 202.009
§ 202.009. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF POLITICAL SIGNS[0].
(a) 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[0] advertising a political candidate or
ballot item for an election:
(1) on or after the 90th day before the date of the
election to which the sign[0] relates; or
(2) before the 10th day after that election date.
(b) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or
adoption of a covenant that:
(1) requires a sign[0] to be ground-mounted; or
(2) limits a property owner to displaying only one
sign[0] for each candidate or ballot item.
(c) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or
adoption of a covenant that prohibits a sign[0] 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.
(d) A property owners' association may remove a sign[0]
displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this
section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1010, § 1, eff. June 18, 2005. |
