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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PROPERTY CODE |
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Title 15. FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES |
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Chapter 301. TEXAS FAIR HOUSING ACT |
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Subchapter C. EXEMPTIONS |
Sec. 301.042. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, PRIVATE CLUB, AND APPRAISAL EXEMPTION
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(a) This chapter does not prohibit a religious organization, association, or society or a nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society from:
(1) limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion; or
(2) giving preference to persons of the same religion, unless membership in the religion is restricted because of race, color, or national origin.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit a private club that is not open to the public and that, as an incident to its primary purpose, provides lodging that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodging to its members or from giving preference to its members.
(c) This chapter does not prohibit a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property from considering in those appraisals factors other than race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.