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Tex. Prop. Code § 81.205

INSURANCE

Known as the Condominium Act

The act spans §§ 81–81 (26 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Christine E. Reule v. Colony Insurance Company (2013)

Most recently applied in Christine E. Reule v. Colony Insurance Company (July 2013)

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3622, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff

(a) By resolution of a majority of the council of owners or in the manner provided or required by the declaration or bylaws, the council of owners may acquire the insurance it deems appropriate for the protection of the buildings and the apartment owners.

(b) Insurance may be written in the name of the council of owners, or in the name of a person designated in the declaration or bylaws, as trustee for the apartment owners and their mortgagees. Each apartment owner and mortgagee of an apartment owner is a beneficiary of the policy, whether named as a beneficiary or not, in proportion to the interest of an apartment owner in the condominium regime as established by the declaration.

(c) The acquisition of insurance by the council of owners does not prejudice the right of an apartment owner in a condominium regime to obtain insurance for the apartment owner's own benefit.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.