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Know the Texas Property Code - Meeting Notifications
Posted on December 2, 2022 9:00 AM by Admin
Categories: General, HOA
Board Meeting Notice (Texas Property Code Section 209.0051(e))
Notice of a board meeting must be conspicuously posted in the community and emailed at least 144 hours before a regular board meeting. If your association has a longer notice period listed in the governing documents, the association should still follow that longer notice period.
 
Members shall be given notice of the date, hour, place, and general subject of a regular or special board meeting, including a general description of any matter to be brought up for deliberation in executive session.
 
The notice shall be: (1) mailed to each property owner not later than the 10th day or earlier than the 60th day before the date of the meeting; or (2) provided at least 144 hours before the start of a regular board meeting and at least 72 hours before the start of a special board meeting by: (A) posting the notice in a conspicuous manner reasonably designed to provide notice to property owners ’ association members: (i) in a place located on the association ’s common property or, with the property owner ’s consent, on other conspicuously located privately owned property within the subdivision; or (ii) on any Internet website available to association members that is maintained by the association or by a management company on behalf of the association; and (B) sending the notice by e-mail to each owner 17 who has registered an e-mail address with the association. (f) It is an owner ’s duty to keep an updated e-mail address registered with the property owners ’ association under Subsection (e)(2)(B).
 
Open Meeting Requirements for Budget Approvals (Texas Property Code Section 209.0051(h))
Approval of any budget or budget amendment must be done at a properly noticed, open board meeting. This new law applies regardless of whether the association’s budget is increased.