Sec. 221.025.  EFFECT OF REGISTRATION ON OTHER LAWS:  EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS.  (a)  A developer's compliance with this chapter exempts the developer's offer and disposition of timeshare interests subject to this chapter from securities and dealer registration under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code).
(b)  A timeshare plan created as a condominium regime before January 1, 1994, that complies with this chapter is exempt from the requirements of Section 81.112 relating to club membership.
(c)  A timeshare plan subject to Chapter 82 that complies with this chapter is exempt from the requirements of:
(1)  Section 82.0675 relating to club membership; and
(2)  Sections 82.103(c)-(e) relating to declarant control.
(c-1)  The exemption provided by Subsection (c)(2) applies to a timeshare plan created before September 1, 2013, and to the project instrument governing the timeshare property subject to the timeshare plan only if the developer and the association agree to the application of the exemption in writing and the project instrument is amended to provide for the application of the exemption.  If the conditions provided by this subsection are not satisfied, a timeshare plan created before September 1, 2013, and the timeshare property subject to the timeshare plan are governed by any developer control provisions provided in the project instrument, notwithstanding any other law.
(d)  A developer's compliance with this chapter as to any timeshare plan exempts any company, as defined by Chapter 181, Finance Code (Texas Trust Company Act), that holds title to the timeshare interests in the timeshare plan from compliance with the Texas Trust Company Act as to the company's activities relating to the holding of that title.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Renumbered from Sec. 201.025 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 13.03(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 539 (H.B. 1045), Sec. 4, eff. January 15, 2006.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 1372), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 2.39, eff. January 1, 2022.