Sec. 202.011.  REGULATION OF CERTAIN ROOFING MATERIALS.  A property owners' association may not include or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits or restricts a property owner who is otherwise authorized to install shingles on the roof of the owner's property from installing shingles that:
(1)  are designed primarily to:
(A)  be wind and hail resistant;
(B)  provide heating and cooling efficiencies greater than those provided by customary composite shingles; or
(C)  provide solar generation capabilities; and
(2)  when installed:
(A)  resemble the shingles used or otherwise authorized for use on property in the subdivision;
(B)  are more durable than and are of equal or superior quality to the shingles described by Paragraph (A); and
(C)  match the aesthetics of the property surrounding the owner's property.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 362), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.