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Texas Property Code - Section 81.102. Contents Of Declaration, Master Deed, Or Master Lease

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§ 81.102. CONTENTS OF DECLARATION, MASTER DEED, OR MASTER 
LEASE.  (a) A declaration, master deed, or master lease for a 
condominium must contain:
		(1)  the legal description of the real property 
dedicated to the condominium regime, depicted by a plat of the 
property that locates and identifies by letter each existing or 
proposed building;
		(2)  a general description of each apartment, including 
the square footage, location, number, and other information 
necessary for identification of the apartment, depicted by a plat 
of the floor of the building in which the apartment is located that 
identifies the building by letter and the floor and the apartment by 
number;
		(3)  a general description of each area not already 
described that is subject to individual ownership and exclusive 
control, such as a garage or carport, depicted by a plat that shows 
the area and appropriately identifies it by letter or number;
		(4)  a description of the general common elements that 
are not described under Subdivision 1;
		(5)  a description of the limited common elements;                            
		(6)  each apartment's fractional or percentage interest 
in the entire condominium regime;
		(7)  a provision that the declaration may only be 
amended at a meeting of the apartment owners at which the amendment 
is approved by the holders of at least 67 percent of the ownership 
interests in the condominium;  and
		(8)  a provision that an amendment of the declaration 
may not alter or destroy a unit or a limited common element without 
the consent of the owners affected and the owners' first lien 
mortgagees.
	(b)  A declaration, master deed, or master lease for a 
condominium may contain any covenants or other matters the 
declarant considers appropriate.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3618, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  
Amended by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 18, § 9(b), eff. 
Oct. 2, 1984.

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