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A RESOLUTION RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS
WHEREAS, Texas cities have a large number of master-planned and deed-restricted communities; and
WHEREAS, these master planned communities, through their homeowners associations (HOAs), typically maintain higher property values, which translate to a lower property tax rate for municipalities and/or a higher revenue stream for local governments and school districts; and
WHEREAS, individuals choose to purchase in deed-restricted communities and always have the choice to live in an area that is not HOA-deed-restricted; and
WHEREAS, HOAs often provide services that would not be performed by a local government, or if performed by a city, would result in increased costs for the municipality; and
WHEREAS, examples of services often provided by the HOA include additional police patrol, right-of-way maintenance (landscaping and irrigation), parks, pools, street lighting, fencing, trash removal, and community events; and
WHEREAS, HOA board members are volunteers who are elected or appointed and are subject to removal by their neighbors in accordance with the HOA’s articles of incorporation or bylaws; and
WHEREAS, cities are opposed to legislation that prevents or severely limits associations from carrying out the functions for which they were created to perform or unfairly increases administrative costs resulting in higher payments by the residents or a reduced level of service by the HOA; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Municipal League has the ability to represent the best interests of Texas municipalities before the Texas Legislature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the delegates assembled at this 2009 Annual Conference of the Texas Municipal League that the League endorse the authority and role of homeowners associations, so long as municipal authority is not eroded, and oppose limitations on the functions homeowners associations were created to perform.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the membership of the Texas Municipal League this 23rd day of October, 2009, at Fort Worth, Texas.
APPROVED:
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John Cook
President
ATTEST:
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Frank Sturzl
Executive Director
