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ARTICLE
V
"Membership
& Ownership"
1. DECLARANT and every OWNER shall automatically be members
of the ASSOCIATION, however, COMMERCAL OWNERS shall not
be members of the ASSOCIATION.
2.
It Is specifically understood that a portion of the RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY may be sold to the State of Texas pursuant to
the Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas program.
The State of Texas shall not be responsible for payment
of the annual assessment provided for herein. Instead,
the veteran contracting to purchase any UNIT from the
State of Texas shall be considered as the OWNER of any
such UNIT, shall be considered a member of the ASSOCIATION,
shall be personally responsible for payment of the annual
assessment provided for herein and shall be entitled to
cast all votes with respect to such UNIT. Execution of
a Contract of Sale between a veteran and the Veteran's
Land Board for the State of Texas for any UNIT shall signify
that such veteran accepts. ratifies and will comply with
terms of this DECLARATION. In the event that the State
of Texas forfeits the con-tract of sale with a veteran
neither the UNlT nor the State shall be liable for assessments
past or present. However, when such Unit is resold or
placed under another contract of sale with the Veteran's
Land Board of the State of Texas, the UNIT and the new
OWNER shall thereafter be subject to assessments in accordance
with the terms hereof.
3.
Subject to the provisions of this Article V, each UNIT
shall be owned by only one person or by two persons if
they are husband and wife. An OWNER of a 100% interest
in a Unit may sell or transfer his interest in such UNIT
at any time, whether during lifetime or at death, if the
purchaser or transferee of 100% of the interest in such
UNIT is either one person or two persons if they are husband
and wife. An OWNER of an undivided fractional interest
in a UNIT may sell or transfer, whether during lifetime
or at death, his undivided fractional interest to the
owner of another individual fractional interest and otherwise
he may sell his undivided fractional interest only if
all of the other OWNERS who own an undivided fractional
interest in such UNIT join with such OWNER such that a
100% interest in such UNIT is sold or transferred to,
or owned at the completion of the transfer or transfers
by, one person or two persons if they are husband and
wife; provided, however, an OWNER of an 100% interest
in a UNIT, or an OWNER of an undivided fractional Interest
in a UNIT, may transfer his interest at death to such
OWNER'S spouse and/or to any one or more of his issue
or to a trust for the benefit of such spouse and/or any
one or more of his issue.
Any
purported transfer in violation of this paragraph by an
OWNER (including but not limited to a transfer under the
laws of descent and distribution which would, except for
this Article V, vest ownership of an undivided fractional
interest in a person or persons other than an OWNER'S
spouse or issue, and a transfer under a divorce decree
or property settlement that would, except for this Article
V, vest ownership in two persons who are no longer husband
and wife) shall be void and ineffectual, and shall not
operate to transfer any interest or title to any purported
transferee.
For purposes of this Article V, the term "issue"
means al descendants of whatever degree of the named ancestor,
including descendants both by blood and by adoption, providing
the adoption is by court proceedings, the finality of
which is not questioned by the adopting person, and the
term "spouse'1 means the person to whom an individual
is married by a ceremonial marriage and from whom such
individual is not divorced.
4.
An OWNER may permit the use of a UNIT by immediate family
members and guests accompanied by immediate family members.
However, the use of UNITS and COMMON AREAS by guests may
be regulated by the ASSOCIATION which may promulgate rules
and regulations as to the number of guests which may be
permitted at any one time. An OWNER may lease his UNIT,
provided that such lease shall not be for a term shorter
than six (6) months and during the term of said lease,
the tenant under the lease shall be deemed to be the OWNER
for purposes of use of the COMMON AREAS and the OWNER
shall not have the right to the use of the COMMON AREAS
except as a guest of the tenant subject to all of the
rules and regulations of the ASSOCIATION with respect
to guests. Although a UNIT is leased, the OWNER shall
remain liable for the assessments and shall retain the
right to vote in the ASSOCIATION.
5.
It is specifically understood that the holder of a contractual
lien upon any UNIT may purchase such UNIT at a foreclosure
sale notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph V (3).
The FORECLOSURE PURCHASER shall not have the right to
the use and enjoyment of the COMMON AREAS and the FORECLOSURE
PURCHASER shall not be members of the ASSOCIATION if such
FORECLOSURE PURCHASER does not meet the requirements of
Article V (3). A transfer by the FORECLOSURE PURCHASER
must be in compliance with Article V (3).
6.
It is specifically understood that the holder of a contractual
lien upon any UNIT may obtain title to a UNIT by virtue
of a Warranty Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure of its lien
and shall be referred thereafter as a FORECLOSURE PURCHASER.
The FORECLOSURE PURCHASER shall not have the right to
the use and enjoyment of the COMMON AREAS and the FORECLOSURE
PURCHASER shall not be a member of the ASSOCIATION if
such FORECLOSURE PURCHASER does not meet the requirements
of Article V (3). A transfer by the FORECLOSURE PURCHASER
must be in compliance with Article V (3).
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