A string of bills are popping up in House and Senate committees as lawmakers tackle mounting concerns about homeowners associations gone wild.
The House's Business and Industry committee will meet this afternoon to discuss a series of bills that would make it tougher for HOAs to foreclose on homes, promote transparency in the process and ensure houses aren't sold at auction for a pittance.
The Senate's Intergovernmental Relations has also delved into the HOA battle. It will spend Wednesday morning on a bill that would help ensure members of the military don't return to foreclosed homes.
The House committee spent its first session last week hearing testimony almost entirely on HOA bills. They would prevent HOAs from banning solar panels, allow homeowners to build swimming pools or park RVs on their adjacent land, make it easier for a homeowner to get out of a lien and require a court order for foreclosure.
The House committee left all bills pending, but the Senate bunch has already approved a bill that would enhance homeowners' voting rights. The group sent it on the fast track to passage. Members left several pending on solar panel restrictions.
Consider this the beginning. Lawmakers have filed several dozen bills involving HOAs.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/03/hoa-bills-start-to-get-spotlig.html
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