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      H.B. No. 517         AN ACT   relating to the authority of a property owners' association to   assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of   residential watering restriction.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding   Section 202.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   202.008.     LIMITATION ON FINES DURING RESIDENTIAL WATER   RESTRICTION. (a) For the purposes of this section, "residential   watering restriction" means a temporary restriction of water use to   irrigate residential vegetation or turf that is mandated by a   municipality, water utility, or other wholesale or retail water   supplier as part of a strategy to conserve water during a period of   drought.           (b)     A property owners' association may not assess a fine   against a property owner for a violation of an applicable   restrictive covenant that requires the owner to plant or install   grass or turf or maintain green vegetation or turf or prohibits   discolored or brown vegetation or turf on the property:                   (1)     during a period when the owner's property is   subject to a residential watering restriction under which   discolored or brown vegetation or turf could reasonably result; and                 (2)     before the 60th day after the date a residential   watering restriction described by Subdivision (1) is lifted.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the House on April   24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 517 was passed by the Senate on May   12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor