Democrats all over Travis Co & TX are being hassled by their HOA's/ POA's etc and being told they cannot have Campaign signs in their yards. State Property Code allows it 90 days before and up to 10 days after an election.
Texas Property Code 202.009
§ 202.009. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF POLITICAL SIGNS[0].
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property
owners' association may not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant
that prohibits a property owner from displaying on the owner's
property one or more signs[0] advertising a political candidate or
ballot item for an election:
(1) on or after the 90th day before the date of the
election to which the sign[0] relates; or
(2) before the 10th day after that election date.
(b) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or
adoption of a covenant that:
(1) requires a sign[0] to be ground-mounted; or
(2) limits a property owner to displaying only one
sign[0] for each candidate or ballot item.
(c) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or
adoption of a covenant that prohibits a sign[0] that:
(1) contains roofing material, siding, paving
materials, flora, one or more balloons or lights, or any other
similar building, landscaping, or nonstandard decorative
component;
(2) is attached in any way to plant material, a traffic
control device, a light, a trailer, a vehicle, or any other existing
structure or object;
(3) includes the painting of architectural surfaces;
(4) threatens the public health or safety;
(5) is larger than four feet by six feet;
(6) violates a law;
(7) contains language, graphics, or any display that
would be offensive to the ordinary person; or
(8) is accompanied by music or other sounds or by
streamers or is otherwise distracting to motorists.
(d) A property owners' association may remove a sign[0]
displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this
section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1010, § 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
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