Change in Texas law concerning backyard chickens

[ronott1]

I can’t imagine any law firm putting provisions into an HOA that actually violates state or federal laws anyway, so that kinda goes without saying. My understanding was that they could dictate how the property was maintained and what the property could be used for. This has been eye-opening!

There are also ordinances from county and Cities that HOA rules are trumped by.

They hate that usually and will still try to make rules that go against the zoning for a place

 

[aart]

Good to know!

 

[Foodfromhome]

Some HOAs dictate what kind of plants can be in the landscaping to whether or not the homeowner can fly a flag. But the bottom line, as far as I've been able to ascertain from my research into this, once the home-buyer signs on that bottom line he/she is bound totally to the covenants in the contract, regardless of what the rest of the citizens of a community or state are allowed by law to do on their properties. Once you sign your name on that dotted line, you are bound by each and every provision of that contract, even if later on you decide that this rule or the other is "unfair".

Sign on the dotted line to buy your house? Or signing a HOA contract?

 

[Blooie]

Yep, I didn’t word that very well, did I? Sometimes my thoughts get ahead of my fingers and I can’t see what I’m saying!

 

[jlivings]

We need the bill to be introduced sooner so it has a chance to make it and hopefully add wording to include HOAs from prohibiting chickens

 

[aart]

Sometimes my thoughts get ahead of my fingers and I can’t see what I’m saying!

Oh, I hear ya... BTDT!

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

i was under the impression that the Texas legislature passed a law, effective 09/01/2017, preventing cities from preventing citizens from owning backyard chickens. Does this law also extend to HOAs?

i live in Texas and i keep chickens and so do my nabors

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

sorry for the spelling

 

[chickengeorgeto]

i was under the impression that the Texas legislature passed a law, effective 09/01/2017, preventing cities from preventing citizens from owning backyard chickens. Does this law also extend to HOAs?

Because the State of Texas is one of the most URBANIZED states in the Union (as a % of the total population) I would not be surprised to see a law like this one pass making it illegal (at least in some situations) to keep backyard chickens.