Every so often I'd ask friends and family about why they don't attend or watch their own property owners association board meetings. Time and again one of their biggest bug-a-boos about attending these meetings is notice--when, where and what time--or "can I watch from the comfort of my own home"?
So its worth noting for my friends in Texas that among the bills passed by the 2021 Texas Legislature was SB1588-- which now requires property owners associations to notify members six days before a regular or special board meeting and post the notice on the association website.
From the Bill Analysis: (emphasis mine)
Open board meetings. The bill would require notices to members of a regular or special board meeting of a property owners’ association to be provided at least 144 hours, rather than 72 hours, before the start of regular board meeting and at least 72 hours before the start of a special board meeting. Notice would have to be posted on the home page of any internet website available to association members that was maintained by the association, including a website maintained by a management company on behalf of the association
The Community Associations Institute Texas Legislative Action Committee posted a recap of the 2021 Texas Legislative session where you can learn what bills were tracked and analyzed by CAI pertaining to property owner associations.
Another nugget tucked into SB1588 makes property association board members, their spouse
or a person
residing in a current board member's household ineligible to serve on the associations architectural control committee (ACC), and adds language regarding the homeowners rights to install security measures.
