Tex. Property Code § 202.020

This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 202.020, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.

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§ 202.020. CERTAIN SALES OF BEVERAGES BY CHILDREN.

Official statutory text

(a) A property owners' association of a residential subdivision may not adopt or enforce a restrictive covenant that prohibits or regulates, including by requiring a permit or fee, the occasional sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand on property located in the subdivision by an individual younger than 18 years of age who has the permission of a property owner in the subdivision for the sale.

(b) A property owners' association:

(1) does not owe a duty of care to persons participating in a beverage sale described by Subsection (a); and

(2) is not liable for any injury to persons participating in a beverage sale described by Subsection (a), except for wilful or wanton acts or gross negligence of the association.

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