For those of you who don't know John, I met him when he was the Division Vice Director. He is very active in the ARRL and a great advocate for hams in Texas. He has been a frequent presenter at our Ham Fest and club meetings. He knows his way around Texas politicians too. I've never had much use for lawyers but John is the exception. Perhaps because like me, he is also an engineer.
Dear John, I wanted to thank you for your persistence in guiding the Texas legislature to pass recent legislation regarding HOA's preventing the installation of standby generators. During the recent Texas freeze my XYL and I were without power for 4 days We existed by camping out in our family room with the cats and the gas fireplace and lots of flashlight batteries. Fortunately, we have a gas stovetop, so we were able to prepare food. When it was over, I vowed, we would not have to live without heating and AC winter or summer. We signed with a local dealer and hopefully we will have the standby system installed before the 2021 hurricane season begins. While we were going through the paper work with the company rep, he showed us a suggested letter we could send to our HOA that stated "I understand it is my responsibility to obtain all HOA approvals for my whole house generator system. I acknowledge Quality Generators cannot act on my behalf in dealings with my HOA." It was then I remembered John talking about his legislation regarding this problem. So I Googled it. There it was in black and white. Texas Property Code Section 202.019. I It reads: Except as provided by this section, a property owners' association may not adopt or enforce a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits, restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting an owner from owning, operating, installing, or maintaining a permanently installed standby electric generator. Thanks again John. 73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior!
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