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Texas Property Code - Section 202.009. Regulation Of Display Of Political Signs

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§ 202.009. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF POLITICAL SIGNS.  (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 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 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 to be ground-mounted;  or                                
		(2)  limits a property owner to displaying only one 
sign for each candidate or ballot item.
	(c)  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.
	(d)  A property owners' association may remove a sign 
displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this 
section.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1010, § 1, eff. June 18, 2005.          

Last modified: August 11, 2007