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  89R15427 JBD-F     By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4812       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate   condominiums.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 82.006, Property Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 82.006.  APPLICABILITY OF LOCAL ORDINANCES,   REGULATIONS, AND BUILDING CODES.   (a)  A zoning, subdivision,   building code, or other real property use law, ordinance, or   regulation may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or   impose any requirement on a condominium that it would not impose on   a physically identical development under a different form of   ownership.   Except as provided by this section [ Otherwise ], this   chapter does not invalidate or modify any provision of any zoning,   subdivision, building code, or other real property use law,   ordinance, or regulation.           (b)  Notwithstanding any other law:                 (1)     a condominium declaration is not a subdivision of   land for purposes of Chapter 212, 232, or 242, Local Government   Code; and                 (2)     a municipality or county may not require the   preparation or submission for approval of a subdivision plat in   connection with the creation or alteration of a condominium under   this chapter.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a condominium declaration filed for recording on or after the   effective date of this Act. A condominium declaration filed for   recording before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act,   and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.