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BY-LAWS OF MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC, ARTICLE I NAME The name of the corporation l1 MOUNTl,IN BROOK VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC,• herelnaCter referred to u the "Auoclatlon", ARTICLE lI DEFINITIONS Section 1. "Auoclatlon 11 ,hall mean and refer to MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC,, a non-profit corporatlon, Lt• 1ucceaaor1 and aa11lgn1, Section z, "Project" shall mean and re!e r to that ce rtaln condominium project bullt on that certain real property In the City of El Paao, County of £1 Paao, State of Texas, de1crlbed a• aet forth In Exhlblt"A'! attached he r eto for all purpoae1, Sec tl on 3, "Unl t 11 1hall mean and refer to the element• of a Condominiu m wh ich n re not owned ln common with other Ownen of other Condominiums. The project ehall con1l1t o! 36 1lng\e etory unltl referred to aa "Flats", and 14 two 1tory unlta relerred to aa 11 Townhome1 11 The boundarle11 of a Unit 1hall be the Interior 1urlace1 of the perlmete r walls , !loo re, celling, wlndowa, air conditioning/heating e quipment, eKterl0 our!aces o! attached balconle1, driveway•, or terrace•, and door to each Unit, The Unit 1hall Include both tht1 portion• of building 10 de1crlbed and the air 1pace 10 encompaued, In Interpreting deed• and plan•, the exlatlng phy1lcal boundarle oC a Unlt, or al a Unit recon1tructed In 1ub1tantlal accordance with the original plan• •hall be conclu1lvely pre umed to be It• boundarlea, rather than mete and bound,, or other de crlptlon, expre •• •d In the 1017 0800

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BY-LAWS OF

MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC,

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation l1 MOUNTl,IN BROOK VILLAS

ASSOCIATION, INC,• herelnaCter referred to u the "Auoclatlon",

ARTICLE lI

DEFINITIONS

Section 1. "Auoclatlon11 ,hall mean and refer to MOUNTAIN

BROOK VILLAS ASSOCIATION, INC,, a non-profit corporatlon, Lt•

1ucceaaor1 and aa11lgn1,

Section z, "Project" shall mean and re!e r to that ce rtaln

condominium project bullt on that certain real property In the City of

El Paao, County of £1 Paao, State of Texas, de1crlbed a• aet forth

In Exhlblt"A'! attached he reto for all purpoae1,

Sectlon 3, " Unl t11 1hall mean and refer to the element• of a

Condominium which n re not owned ln common with other Ownen of

other Condominiums. The project ehall con1l1t o! 36 1lng\e etory

unltl referred to aa "Flats", and 14 two 1tory unlta relerred to aa

11Townhome111• The boundarle11 of a Unit 1hall be the Interior 1urlace1

of the perlmete r walls, !loo re, celling, wlndowa, air conditioning/heating

equipment, eKterl0 1· our!aces o! attached balconle1, driveway•, or

terrace•, and door• to each Unit, The Unit 1hall Include both tht1

portion• of building 10 de1crlbed and the air 1pace 10 encompaued,

In Interpreting deed• and plan•, the exlatlng phy1lcal boundarle• oC a

Unlt, or al a Unit recon1tructed In 1ub1tantlal accordance with the

original plan• •hall be conclu1lvely pre• umed to be It• boundarlea,

rather than mete • and bound,, or other de•crlptlon, expre •• •d In the

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deed or plan, rega r dless of settllng or late r al movement of t ho

bulldlng and regardless of m inor variances between boundaries shown

on the plan or In the deed of those of a bulldlng,

Section 4 , 11Common Areas" ahall mean and refer to the

entire Proje ct, exceptlng thoae portions thereof whlch Ile wlthln the

boundarle • or comprlec a part of any Unit, a• herelna bove de!lned,

Sectlon 5, 11 Llmlted Common Area11 11 shall mean a portlon of

the Common Areas set a • lde and allocat.ed ro·r the restricted use of

the respective Unlte or Owneu aa la Gr may hereinafter be de1lgnated

by Declarant,

Sectlon 6. 11Condomlnlum" ahall mean a condomlnlum a • deflned

ln Article 1301a, Vernon'• Annotated Texa• Statutea, and shall be an

eatate ln real property con• lstlng of (a) a aeparate tee Interest ln the

space wlthln a Unlt, and (b) an undivided Interest aa a tenant ln common

to the Common Area• , Additionally, each Owner of a Condomlnlum

abatl receive a m embe rsh lp In the /Ii uoclatlon .

Se ction 7 1 " Membe r 11 eh1dl me~n and wefe :r to e very pe r aon o r

entlty who holds mc.,mbl!ili'lllfnJ,p ln tii'le Alll!lloc'h.~io~.

Sec tlon 5 . "Owner" ehall mean and !'f!l!ti r to the rec o r d owner,

whe ther one o r m o i'e pe :rra onc, Oi' erui:ltle11, of a C on domin ium which la a

pa r t of the P.-oject, li,cludlng contirc.1ct oeUti~a, but excluding tho•e

havlng PJuch lnter~r:~ m e r ely & D aecu,rl'ty !To~ the performance o! an

obllgatlon ,

SecUor. i;, 111-.1.owtfjage " •hall mean the conveyance of any

C ondom lnl um o r e ther por tlon of the Project to 1ecure the performance

of a.11, ollHg;;;. t l 01t , w!tkh c onve ya nce oha ll be vold upon the due performance

of a 11ld o b lleakl Oh,

s~ctlon [O, ' 'Mortgagee" shall mean a pe raon or entity to

whom ihe Mcn·tgage la made ; "Mortga11or11 1hall mean a person or entity

who mo r tgaee• h l11 or lta property to another, l. •• , the maker of a

Mortga ge.

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Sectl.Jn 11. Whorovtlr the wo1•d "Dead o{ Tru1t11 l1 u1cd hcn·eln,

lt •hall mean and be 1ynonymou1 wlth the word "Mortgage 11, 11nd the aame

may be u • ed Interchangeably wlth the 11ame meaning; and llkewl •e tho

word 11Truetor" •hall be aynonymol\• wlth the word 11Mortgago1'11 1 and

tho·word "Boneflclary11 1hall be 1ynonymou1 with the wo1·d 11 Mo1·tgagee",

Sgctlon 12, 11Declarant11 a hall mean and refc r to TAWNY OAKS

BUILDING COMPANY, lNC., lt• • ucceuora and aul11n1,

S~ctlon 131 11Declaratlon11 11hall refer to that certaln DECLARATION

OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS £or MOUNTAIN

BROOK VILLAS, dated_J..,u::.:~.:.:!f,.__--'pl=--;L-+4 ____ , 1979, which wae recorded

ln the O!flce of the County Clerk o{ El Pua County, Texas on li<JriAA r

"""~"'""/ __ , 1979, unde~ Flle ·No.X 8'8o1..Jb , 11Declaratlon11 • hall

al10 lnclude any authorlaed amendment of the !oregolng lnatr~ment,

ARTICLE Ill

MEMB£RSHIP

Section 1. Member•hlp. Every person or entlty who le an

Owner o! a Condomlnlum wh ich by vir tue o! thl!: Dvclaratlon l a aubject to

aue11ment by the Auoclatlon, lncludln g contract cc\len, but excludlng

per1on1 or ent\tle11 who bold a n lnterll!st merely a o eecurlt y for the

performance of an obllga tlon, ~ha ll be 2 m ember of the Auoclatlon.

Allo excluded from m~mbtJnhlp are any leaaeee from an Owner, No

Owner shall ha ve m or e than one mem benhlp , pe r Unlt, Member• hlp

•hall be appurtena nt ~o ~ncl may not b e 11eparate d from owne nhlp ol any

Condomln lum whlcOi l e nv.hj,ad to aue nament by the A111oclatl0n, Owner­

ship o( euch C o11domtn l1111,. r111!1U be the aole quallflcatlon for membenhlp.

Sedlqnh ~Uf.lJ?!~ci~on of Mcrnbe nhlp , Durlng any perlod ln

whlch a MJe:MbtH• on111l.l bu l, dcbuH 11' th e payment of any common or

upeclal a. uet1tltT1r.,,i lev led by th e Aaooc \4tlon, the votln1 rl1hta and rl1ht

t o uee lhl? fo.clllttu lll'ld public utl lllle • of tho Common A reu of euch

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b d d by the Board of Dlrcctors untll such aseeu-Member may e 11u11pen c

meJ\t has been pald, Such rlght• of a Mcmbe r (except as to the use of

utllltlee) may also be •u•pended, after notlce and hearlng, for a perlod

not to exceed thlrty (30) days, for any alngle lnfractlon of any rules

and regulatlon• eatabllshed by the Board of Dlrcctor• governlng the u•e

of the Common .Area•.

ARTlCLE IV

PROPERTY RlOHTS - RIGHTS OF ENJOYMENT

Sectlon t. Place of Meetlns•• Meetlna 0£ the .Auoclatlon •hall

be held ay any aultable place convenlent to the Membora, u may be

de• lgnated by the Board o( Dlrectora 1 provlded, however, that all

meetlna• •hal\ be held ln El Paao County, T • xa•.

Sectlon 2., Ann9al Meetlnga, The flr•t annual meetlng of the

.Auoclatlon • hall be held ln El Pa• o County when 66 2/3"/o of the Unlt•

have been •old or wlthln one year from the date o( close 0£ the flrat

• ale of a Condomlnlum ln the Project, whlchever flrat occur11, Therea!ter,

the annual meet\ng• of the Aaaoclatlon •hall be held wlthln 15 day• o(

the annlve nary date of the fl rat annual meetlng 0£ each aucceedlng

year, At •uch meet\nga there •hall be elected by ballot of the Owner•

a Board of Dlrectora ln accordance wlth the requlrement• of A rtlcle VII

of theae By-Lawe. The Owner• may aleo tranaact auch ~ther bualne11&

of the Auoclatlon a• may properly come before them.

Sectlon 3, ~pedal Meeting •• lt shall be the duty of the Prealdent

to call a • peclal meeting of the Auoclatlon aa dlrected by reaolutlon

of the Board of Dlrectora or upon a petltlon alaned by a majorlty of the

Ownere havlng been presented to ihe Secretary. The notice of any

apec lal mee tlns shall state the tlme and pl .. ce of auch meetlng and the

p urpoee the r eof. No bu elneu enall be txanu.cted nt n 11peclal meetlng

exce pt aa atatc d ln the notlce unl~u by consent of 15% or the vote 8

repreaented at s uch m ~tl~s. In p<ncion or by p rox1•

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Section 4, Notice and Pince oC Mcotln'g, It shall be the duty o{

tho Secretary to mall a notlco to each Mort110.gee of each annual or

1peclal meetlns, •tntlng the purpoee thereof, a a wall a• the dnte, tlme

and plAco where It \1 lo be hold, to each Member entltlod to vote thereat

a t least ten (10) day11 but not inoro than lUty (50) day11 prior to auch

mee tln11 and addrauod to tho Membar 1 • addren laet appearing on the

book• of tho Anoclntlon for the purpoaa of notice, The malling ol a

notice In the manner provided In thl• Section 4 •hall be conaldered

notlce 1erved.

Section 5, Votln1, Votlns •hall be on a Unlt bull and • hall be

baaed upon the clae• ol memberehlp held In the Aa• ocla tlon, The Owner

of each Unit, wlth the exception of DECLARANT, • hall be a Clan A

Mom be r and sha ll be entitled to one (1) vote for each Condominium ln

which they hold the lntere• t required for Member• hlp. When more than

one per• on hold• 1uch lntere • t or lntere • t • In any Condomlnlum, all

auch per• ona ahall conatltute one Member and the one vote for such

Condominium. • hall be exercl•ed a • they among them• elvt:11 ahall

dete rmlne, but ln no event shall more than one vote be caat with re• pect

to any &uch Condominium, DECLARANT ahall be a Clan B Member

•• to each unsold Unit and •hall be entitled to four (4) vote• for each

un•old Unit, An unaold Unit ahall mean a Unit ln the Project tha~ ha•

not been conveyed to an Individual purcha 1er for hie own u •e by

DECLARANT. Tran•!er of tltle of a Unlt or g roup of Unit• by DECLARANT

to another entlty which doe• not con• t l tute a • ale or aalea to lndlvldual

owner - u• el'II shall not conve rt the re apec t lve Cla 111 B Member•hlp or

Me mbe r 1hlpe to C la n A Membeuhlpe. The Clan B Membe rahlp •hall

ceue and be c onve ll'ted t o C::i/i.\H A Membe u hlp when the total vote•

out1tandln1 ln the: C l&1 1UJ A M~mbe ubip e qu11l the total vote• out1tandln1

In the C leo Z M'2!r,;' eJ'rJM.p , In an y ti! Vent a ll Cla n B Membe r • hlpa wll\

be c onv111 rter.ll t'.:t C & .i:~ 11, M~m be rahlp~ by Dece mber 31, 1980,

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Section 6, Majority of Ownera, A• uaed In the11ci By-Law•, the

term "Majority of Ownora" •hall mean tho1e owner• holding 5lo/, of tho

total vote• of both Clan A Member• and Clau B Member• (If any)

determined In accordance with the votlni provl1lon1 contalncid herciln

and In the Declaration,

Section 7,

By-Law•, the pre•ence ln er•on or by proxy of a 11Majorlty ol Owner•"

aa dellned ln Scictlon 6 of th I Article •hall con1tltute a quorum,

Section 8. Proxle , Vote• may be ca• t ln person or by proxy,

Proxle • mu1t be ln wrltlng nd filed with the Secretary before the

appointed time of each mee lna, Each proxy •hall ba revocable and

•hall automatically cea1e u on conveyance by an Owner of hla Unlt,

.Section 9, Adjour ed Meeting•, U any meeting of the Auoclatlon

cannot be organized becau1ej a quorum ha11 not 11.ttended, the Member,

who are preaent, either ln per1on or by proxy, may a• otherwl• e provided

by law adjourn the meeting to a tlme not le111 than forty-elght (48) hour•

nor more than thlrty (30) day• from the tlme the orlglnal meetlng Watl

called, at whlch meeting the requirement for a quor um • hah be 25o/, of

the total votea of both Clan A and Cla111 B (l! any) Member•, determined

ln accordance with the voting provl1lon1 conta lned herein and ln the

Dec laratlon,

Section 10, O r der of Bua lneae. The orde r of bu1lne11 a t all

meetlnga of the Auocl .. t lon chall be a11 followa:

(a) Roll Call.

(b) Pr-"lo! of notlce ol meet!ns or wnlve r· ol notice.

(c} Rea dlng oi m ln,~u f!? p r i,cedlng meeting .

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(l) El11ctlon of \n1poctor1 .,{ e lection,

(II) FJ luctlon of dlrocton,

(h) Unrlnlahod bu1lne11,

(I) Now bu1lno11,

Thi• order of bu1ln1111 may be waived or varied by majority vote of tho

Membar• pro•ent at any 1uch moetlna,

ARTICLE V

A DM1N1S1'RA Tl ON

Soctlon 1. A11oclatlon Ra,ponplbllltlu, The Ownou of the

Unlh, both 1old and un•old, con1tltut11 tho Member• of the A •• oclatlon

and have the reaponalblllty of admlnl• tarlns the Project, approvlns the

annual budsat, aatabll •hlns and collectlns monthly a11e11ment1 and

arranslns for the management of the P::-ojact pur•uant to an asreement,

containing provl• lon• ralatlng to the dutlea, obllaatlona, removal and

compen• atlon of the manager or management agent. Except a• other·

wl • e provided, decl1lon1 and raaolutlon• of the A11oclatlon •hall require

approval by a majority of Owner•, Th\1 Anoc\atlon a• the management

body, •hall, among other thins •, have power to: ·

(a) Enforce appllcable provl• lon1 of the Declaratlon, By-Lawa,

organlzatlonal rule1 or other documentation relatlns to the control

and management of the Project;

(b) Contract any p:iy pre~lum, for ca1ualty, llablllty, workmen'a

compen• atlon, and other ln1urance lncludlng Indemnity and other

bond1 relating to Common Arca••

(c) Contract and pay for maintenance, gardenlns, water,

matcrlala and 11uppllc1 and 1c r vlcea re\atlnn to th c A ., e ommon reaa,

a nd employ por1onnel reaaonably nece 11ary for the operatlon of the

P roject lncludlng lawyera and accountanta wher 1 e appropr ate;

(d) Pay ape clal a11c1111mente or other expenditure• which are or

would bec.:ime a lien on the Project or Common Area •;

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(e) Where nppropl'late, pay !or reconstruction of any portion

or portion• o{ the Project damo.ged or deetl'oyed which are to be

rebuilt;

({) Delegate lt11 power•, nnd:

(a) Enter Into any Unit when nace • ury In connectlon with

mo.lntena.nce or con• tructlon !or which the A11oclatlon I• re1pon1lble,

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ·SELECTION· TERM OF OFFICE

Section l. Number and Ouallllcatlon1 The aflalu of the Auoclatlon

•hall be governed by a Board ol Director• compo•ed of at leut three

(J) pc r •on11, all of whom mu• t be Ownen of Unit• In the Project,

excepting u may otherwl111 be provided In the Declaratlon,

Section z. Electlon and Term o( OC!lce, At the !Int annual

meetlng the Member• of the A11oclatlon 1hall elect three (3) or more

Dlrecton to 1ucceed the original Dlrectou, The term of office of each

Director •hall be flxed for one (l) year, The Director• •hall hold of!lce

untll their eucceuon have been elected and bold their flr1t meeting,

(a) Member• of the Board of Dlrectou 1ball be elected

by a plurality of the votu cut at the annual meeting of the

Membel'I of the Auoclatlon,

(b) Cumulative voting •hall not be allowed.

Section 3, Vacancle •, Vacancle• In the Board of Director•

cau•ed by any rea• on other than the removal of a Director by a vote

of the remaining Dlrectou, even though they may con• tltute le ••

than a quorum; and each pereon 10 elected •hall be a Director until

a 11ucce111or I• elected at the next annual meeting of the A 11oclatlon.

Section 4. Dlrectore' F ee e. Dlrecton' fee • , IC any, •hall

be determine d by the Me mbe;ro of the .Aeeoclatlon,

Section 5, . Action Taken WUhou~ a Meeting , The Director•

eha ll have the r ight to take any action ln the abaenc e o! a meeting which

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they could take at a meeting by obtalnlng the wl'ltten approval oC all

the Dlrecton. Any aotlon 110 approved ehall have the •ntne oCCeot a •

though token at a maellna 0£ tho Board of Dlroctora ,

ARTICLE Vll

MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS

Section l. Organlr,atlonal Meotlng, . The flut meeting of a

nawly elected Board ol Dlrectora • hall be held within thirty (30) day•

of election, at auch place aa 1hall be fixed by tho Dl rectora at the

meetlna at whlch auch Dlrecton were elected, and no notlce 11hall be

neceuary to the newly elected Dlrectore ln order leaally to conetltute

1uch meatlng, provldln11 a majority of tho whole Board of Director•

•hall be preeent,

Section 2, Re1ular Meetlnu, Reaular meetlna• of tha Board

of Dlractor• may be held at 1uch tlme and place u •hall be determined,

from tlme to time, by a majority of the Dlrectora, Notlce of reaular

meeting, of the Board o! Dlrectora ahall be 1Lven to each Director,

peraonally or by mall, telephone or ~ele1raph, at leut aeven (7) day•

prlor to the day named lor auch meetln1,

Section 3, Quorum, A majority of the number of Director•

•hall conatltute a quorum for the tran•actlon of bu1lne11, Every act

or declalon done or made by a majority of the Director• preeent at a

duly held maatln1 at which a quorum la pre aent ehall be reaarded a •

the act of the Board of Director•, If, at any maetlna of the Board of

D\reclor •, there be le•• than a quorum preaent, the majority of thoae.

preeent may adjou :rn the m eeting from time to time. At any auch

a djoarned meeU11g, any buolne• o which mlght have bl!l!n tran• acted

a.t .,,eetlna 11~ o:rla lnmlly called may be tran•acted wltho~t further

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Sectlon 4. Wl\lver of Notlco, BoCore or at any meetlng of the

Board of Dlractore any Dlrecto1· may, ln wrltlng, walve notlce o( euch

meetlng and 1uch walver •hall be doomed equlvalent to tho glvlng 0£

1uch notice, Attendanco by a Director at any meetlng o( tho Board of

Olrector11 t1hall be a walver of notlce by hlm of tho time and place

thereof, U all tho Dlroctor• are pre1ent at any maetlng of tho Board

of Dlrecton, no notloo •hall b1 requlred and any bu• lneu may be

tran• actad at • uch maatlna,

ARTICLE VUI

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DlR.S:CTORS

Sactlon 1, Power and Dulle •, The Board of Dlrector• •hal\

have the powera and dutl111 naceuary for the admlnl • tratlon of the

aCfal ra of the A uoclatlon and may do all • uch ar.t1 and thlng• •• are

not by law or by the•e By-Law• dlrected to be exerclaed and done by

the Member• o( the Auoctatlon. Theae power• •hall Include, but not

be Hmlted to, the pow~r to adopt and publl• h rutu and re1ulatlon1 .

aove rnlng the uae of the Common Area• and the pe raonal conduct of

the Member• and thelr 1u11• t1 thereon, the power to arant euement•

on Common Areu for mlnor encroachment thereof by a Unll, and the

power to grant ea• ement• on Llmlted Common Area• for the purpo• e •

of expanalon of lt1 ra • pectlve Unlt,

Sectlon 2, Other Dutle1 1 In addltlon to dutle• lmpo•ed by the• e

By-Law• or by re•olutlona of the Auoclatlon, the Board of Dlrector•

shall be re •ponelble for the following:

(a) C a re, upkeep and 1e rvelllance of the Project, the Common

A reaa, and the Llml~ed Comm on A re QI •,

(b) Collect\on o! monthly 11neumentl from th11 Owner••

(c) De11lgnatlon anid dlasmlual of the penonnel naceuary

fo r th0 m,alnte n n-cr. n"1 oi,wreilon of the Project, the Common Area•

ar.d Llmlh ,d Com· •""" A ne&i.c,

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{ti) .A1111lgn pnrkln& 1paco1,

(e) Supervl10 all of!lcon, l\11ent11 and omployao• of tho

Auocla tlon and 1ee to It that tholr dutle • are proporly performed,

SecUon J , Managqmont Aaent, ·rho Board o( Dlrectou may

employ Cor the A11oclatlon o manager or managomont aaant at a

compunutlon e1tabl11hed by tho Board of Dlractou tu porform 1uch

dutlo1 and 11ervlce1 a• lhe Board of Dlroc:tor• •hall authorlce,

lncludlna, but not llmltod to, the, dutle• ll1ted In Section 2 or thl•

Article ,

Section 41 Removal of Dlrpctor•, At any annual or •poclal

maotln1 o{ tho Auoclatlon duly called, any ono or moro of the Director•

may bo romovod with or without cau10 by a majority vote and a 1uc:ceuor

may then and there bo elected to flll tho vacancy thu1 created, Any

Director who• e removal ha• been propo• ed by the Member• •hall be

alven an opportunity to be heard at the meetlna,

Section !5, Llablllty of the Board of Director•, The membera

of the BoP.rd of Director• ehall not be Hable to the Ownera for any non­

wlllful tort, mlatako of judaoment, negllgence or otherwl1e, except

for the l r own Individual wll\ful ml • conduct or bad {alth. The A• eoclatlon

shall Indemnify and hold harmle•• each member of the Board of

Dlrectora agalnet a ll lou, coat• a nd expen1e1 (Including c:oun1el fee•

rea• onably lnc:ur1'ed by him) In c:onnec:tlon with any ac:tlon, ault or

proceeding to which ho may be made a party by na• on or hie being or

having been a Director of o!flc:er of the Aaeoclatlon, except aa to matteu

ae to which he may be finally a djudged In • uc:h action, ,ult 01' proceedlna,

Lo be lia ble for wlllful mlac onduct or bnd faith. In the event of a settle­

ment, lndemnUlr: tlon •h._ll be prov lde d only ln connectlon wlth 1uc:h

mRtie r r:, C'> ,u·•r.. b y Ulfl • ettlement ae to whlch the A• ooclatlon 11 advl •ed

'L1; l~1 1,c..1rau: l'utr.t , pu 1nc.n to be lnd11mnlfled ha• not been gullty

f wlli' , r.il ,,., •h•,;• '•· i., .d 1al th •• 1uch Di rector or o(Clc:er. The

.- o ul <,~ , · 1 , • "' 1 / 1',<: a Hon eh a ll be ha a te d tlnd handled by the

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Assoclatlon aa an ltcm of Common Expon• e a • provldcd ln tho Declaratlon,

Nothlng ln these By-Law• 1hall prohlblt any membc rot the

Board of Dlrccton from ontorlni Into contract• with, or othcrwlu

deallng wlth, the A• 1oclatlon, The Anoclatlon may purchaae llablllty

ln11ura nce tor each Director or officer covering hi • penonal llablllty

fo r hl11 acts and omlulona occurrlng while acting ln the capaclty ot a

Dlrector or offlce r of the Auoclatlon, the coat of which 1hall ho pald

by the Aaaoclatlan as a Common Expense a• provlded by the Declaration,

ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

Section 1. Dulgnatlon, The prlnclpal ofllcen ol the Auoclatlon

shall be a Prealdent, a Vice Pre• ldent, Secretary and a Treasurer, all

of whom ahall be cho11en by and from the Board of Dlre ctor• , The oftlcea

of Secretary and Treaaurer may be held by the aame per•on . The

Board of Dlrectore may appoint an a11l1tant trea surer and an a11l11tant

aecretary, and other offlcer• a• ln their judgement may be neceuary,

Section 2. Electlon o! Offlcen. The officer• o! the A111oclatlon

11hall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the or1anlzatlon

meeting of each new Board of Dlrectora and ahall hold o!flce at the

ple a 1ure of the Board of Director• ,

Se ction 3 1 Removal of Offlcera, Upon an a(flrmatlve vote of a

majorit y of the m embe r • oC the Boa rd of Dlrectore, any officer may be

rem ove d, e i ther with or w ith out c• uae , and hie 1ucce1111or elected

a t a n y regular meet ing of the Boa rd of Director•, o r a t any epeclal

m e etlng o f the Board ,:,f Dl ire c to re c alle d for •uch purpo11e ,

s~cHcI•~ j1ula,n11,tlon of Officer• , Any o!flce r m a y re • lgn

.,· ,a, ~lmc,: by tsh•lr,~ ,:aUte n notice to the Board of Director•, the

.. :•'!.e l~t,Y t ;, :· 3-?,-: , •1.v.u·y. Buch r e • lgna t lon • hall take effect on the

J.r,.l.,. r'! 11c~i~~ ,:,{ · ..ict• n otice or a t an y later time apecllled therein,

.:, _, , , .- . 1, ., , ,1 '. w,, ,~.,cit ie d the re in, the acceptance of •uch re•lanatlon

11 , r ~c,,,.,i ~ to rnat,e lt offec tlve,

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Section 5, V11c11nclea, A vacancy ln any office may be !llled

ln tho manner pre11crlbod {or 1•oaula1· olactlon, The o{!lcor elected

to auch vacancy 1hall aerve lor the 1•emalnder of the term of the

ofllcer he replacOI,

Sgctlon 6, Pre• ldant, The Protldent •hall bo the chief

executive o{£lcor of the A • soclatlon, Hu 11hall pre1lde at all moetlnga

of the Auoclatlon and o{ tile Board of Director,, He •hall have all of

the general power• and dutle1 which are u•ually veatod In tho ofllce

of pre • ldont of an auoclatlon, Including, but not llmlted to, the power

to appoint committees from amona the Owner• Crom tlme to tlme a •

he may ln hl• dl1cretlon decide l• appropriate to aul• t In the conduct

of the affalu of the .A •• oclatlon,

Section 71 Vice Pre• ldent1 The Vice President shall take the

place o( the Pre• ldent and perform his dutle• whenever the President

• hall be abaent or unable to act, If neither the Prealdent nor the Vice

Pre• ldent la able to act, the Board of Directors •hall appoint som«l

other member of the Board of Director• to ao do on an Interim basl•,

The Vice President shall also perform •uch other dutle• aa shall

from time to tlme be lmpoeed upon him by the Board of Director•,

Section 8, Secretary, The Secretary ehall keep the minutes

. of a ll meetlnge of the Board of Dlrector1 and the mlnutee of all meetlns•

of the Auoc l atlon; he •ha ll have charge of • uch book• and paper• as the

Board of Dl !rectore may direct; and he shall, In general, peTform all

the t'.hii leti lncl.:leni ~o the of!lce of the aecretary as required by the

Boi.i'd o! D~:redo Vfl ,

. Sll!r.: tlr.rn _9, T2'easurer, The Treasurer ehall have respon• lblllty

fo l!' A:HJ,;i•: \ ~ttc,n fonda and 11ecurltlee and •hall be re • ponalble for keeping

iht\ ,;in· ~•; •~•A•,•rt, te a1-cc ount11 of all receipt, and dL • bur•ement• In book•

b•: _, ,, . .,&~·,,x ';:) flin Auoc latlon. He ehall be re11pon1lble for the depo• lt

,;J uJ, rsi rJnu;m ~ d othe r valuable e£fect• In the name, and to the credlt,

'.J1 Hu: J,,11nocd&1,i 1o'ru ln nuch depo1ltorle• as may from time to tlme be

<.l11 1J l.~1<,~!•,:l'l by tl1e1 B oa rd of Director•,

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Sectlon IO, Compenaatlon of Ol!lcors and Employ11e11

The

compen1atlon o! all officers and employee• of the Auoclatlon • hall

ha fixed by the Bonrd of Dire ctor •, Thla provl • lon 1hal~ not preclude

the Board of Dlrector• from employln1 a Director a• an employee

of the A uoclatlon nor preclude the contracting with a DI rector for

the management of the Project or otherwlae, provided that no Director

may vote upon any matter provldln1 for hi• employment and/or

compensation,

ARTICLE X

OBLIOATIONS OF 'rHE OWNERS

Section ·1. -A 11u• ment1 , AU Owner• are obligated to pay

monthly a11ae1111menta lmpo• ed by the A11oclatlon to meet all Common

Expenaea of the Project a • that term I• de£lned In the Declaration, The

a •• eaament11 •hall be made by the Board of Director• of the Auoclatlon

&• provided ln the Declaration, All Owner• a re llkewlae obligated

to pay all • peclal aa•eumenta lmpo• ed by the A •• oclatlon, u provided

for In the Declaration,

Sectlon 2, Maintenance and Repair,

(a) Every Owner mu• t pe rform promptly all maintenance and

repair work within hla own Unit, .which If omitted would aC!ect the

Project ln Lt• entirety or ln part belonslng to other Owner•, beln1

expre •• ly responalble fo r the damage • and llabllltles that hi• !allure

to do • o m ay engender,

(b) All the repalr• and m a intenance ol Ln• tallatlona of the Unit

such •• water, H1M, sa11 powe r, sewage , te lephone •, duct•, aanltary

lnetallatlona, d'>o~ , w¼ndowo, lampa, a i r condltlon/heatlng equipment,

and i.ll other •cc t: ci " a r l l!lCI ~~lonslng to I\ Unit •hall be at the Owner'•

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(c ) An Ownol' ahRII rolmbul'lo tho Auoclntlon lo1· ,my expontllturo11

Incurred In ropalrlng or roplaclna any Common A roa11 d1m1a1111d throu1h

hla fault ,

Sectlon 3, Uu of Family Unit• - Internal Chango• and Addltl9n1.

(a) All unlh 1ha\l be utlll•ed for ruldentlal purpo1e1 only,

(b) An Owner 1hall not make 1tructural modl£1catlon1, addltlon1

or alteration• ln hi I Unit or ln1tallatlon11 located the rein without prevlou• ly

notlfylng the A 11oclo.tlon In wrltlna, through the manager or management

asent, or the Pre1ldant or a member 0£ the Board of Director•, The

Owner mu• t •ubmlt propo1ed plan• for the 1tructural modl!lcatlon1,

o.ddltlona or altero.tlona to the Board of Director, for their approval.

The Board of Director• 1hall have the obllaatlon to an• wer within thirty

(30) days and failure to do 10 within the 1tlpulated tlme shall mean that

there I• no objection to the propoaed modl!lcatlona or alteration• . In

the event of a timely objection, the Owner shall not make the propo1ed

modification or alteration,

Section 4, Other Rule• of Conduct. An Owner 1hall ob1erve

and ablde by all reasonable rule• and regulation, duly adopted and

publlshed by the Board of Director• of the Auoclatlon.

Section S, Right of Entry,

(a) An Owner shall srant the rlsht of entry to the mana1e r or

management agent or to any peraon authorized by the Board of Director•

of the A1111ocla tlon In caae of any emergency orl1lnatlng In or· threatening

hie Unit , whe ther the Owner 11 p r esent at the tlme or not,

(b) A n Owner :ihall pe rmit other Owner•, or their repre1entatlvea,

when 11 0 requi red, to enter hi• Unl t for the purpose of perform.Ing Installation•,

~l~..err,1tlol\11 o r repalrc to the mechanical or electrical 1ervlce1, provided

tl,, t rr.que ete for enh ·y are made ln advance and that such entry L1 at a

cir '!. LC!! 1t111 l ent ka t.l-.«1 'vWner. In ca1e o( an emergency, such rl1ht

e rit; ~/ t ~d l be lmmedlete .

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AnTICLIC XI

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Buie provl1lon1 11ovarnln11 thu functlon1 and 11ctlvltla1 ol tho

Auoclatlon are 1et forth In tha Declaratlon. To the oxlant not lncon•

•latent wlth the Declaratlon, tho Cunctlon1 and actlvltle1 ol the Auoclatlon

1h11.11 be 1upplomo11tod by the Collowln11 provl1lon1,

(a) Aueument Roll, The A •• oclatlon 1hall maintain an

ueaument roll ln a •ct ol accounting book• ln which there •hall be

an account £or each Unlt, Such an account ahall de1l1nate the name

and addre•• of the Owner, the amount of each a11e •• ment a1aln1t the

Owner, the date a and amount• ln which the a11e1 •ment • come due, the

amount• paid upon the account and the balance due upon a11e1•ment1,

(b) Budget. The Board o! Dlrectou ahall adopt a budaet for

each calendar year which • hllll contain e1tlmate1 o! the coat of performing

the !unction• and actlvltlu of the Auoclatlon al aet forth herein and ln

the Declaration,

(c) Propo• ed Aueument• Agaln• t Each Memeber, Coplea of

the p r opo•ed budget and propoaed aa•ea• ment• a1aln1t each member of

the Auoclatlon •hall be tranamltted to each Member of the Auoclatlon

on or before January 1 (or the bealnnlng of the fl• cal year, IC other than

a calenda r year) of the year for which the budget 11 made , IC the bud1et

I • 11ubaeque ntly amended before the a11e11menta are made, a copy of

the a m ended bud1et • ha ll be furnl •hed each Member of the Auoclatlon

c once rne d.

(d) Dzipo • lto ry of AHocla tlon Moneya, The depo• ltory of the

m cn• yc of thl1! A111oclatl on l hllU be one or more bank• or other flr.anclal

lL<11tl ,•1tloa lll u ehi\11 Lt1 dee lgnated ~rom tlme to time by the Board of

Y .. l u ct :re V/l thdrawnl 1>f mone y• from • uch account• • hall be only by

~• 'll . ~ 11 or wlthd 2"aw I order• alaned by • uch penon, a• are authorized

., iloer d ol Di rec tor• .

h , .,hcs; oupl\r11 l\p 11lew, A review oC the account. of the Auoclatlon

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11hall be m11de onnunlly by an ilccountant cho11en by the Boord oC

Dlroctora, nnd a copy o! •aid report • hall be Iurnl11hod to each

Member within thirty (30) day• or the completion of the review, A

copy or the roport will be rurnlahed to all Mortaoaecu,

(f) Fldelltv Bond•, Fidelity bond• • hall be required by the

Board oC Dlrector11 Crom all ofllcen and management employe1cii o!

the A 11oclatlon ·and Crom any contractor handling or re 11pon1lble tor

money• of the A1111oclatlon, The amount of • uch bond• 11hall be deter­

mined by the Board of Dlrectou, but •hall be at lea• t 150o/t ot the

total annual a11e11ment1 agaln1t Member• Cor Common Exp•n•e•.

The premium• of auch bond• •hall be paid by the Auoclatlon, and

treated •• an Item of Common Exp•n•e.

ARTICLE XII

FISCAL YEAR

The flacal year of tbla corporation •hall run !ram February the

lit to January the 3ht of each year,

ARTICLE XIV

DONATIONS.

The A • aoclatlon may accept 1lft1, legaclea, donation•, and /or

contrlbutlon11 In any amount and any Corm, from time to tlme, upon

• uch term• and condltlon1 a• may be decided Crom tlme to time by

the Board of Directors,

ARTICLE XV

EVIDENCE OF MEMBERSHIP

(a) Evidence of Memberahlp, The Auoclatlon •hall have no

1barecs of etock, Slnce member• hlp cannot be trana!ered except ln

conn e ctlon wlth the t·ranlfe.- of o wne r ahlp of a condomlnlum, the

Ac.110<:la tlon ohall noi l a eue fo irmal ce rtificate• of memberahlp, The

Boi:.-d of Dl :rectori. m11,y, ea it11: opt ion, l • aue Informa l membership

ca rcb lo Membe rri Md to t.iu, ml:!mbevo ot thelr r espective .Camille• who

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reside In thcl 1• l'o11pectlvo Unit•, Tho A• uoclatlon 11holl maintain a

cur1·enl momber11hlp roll of all Member• from tlme to tlme ,

(b) Tran•!e r o{ Membc r 11hlp, Mombe rah Ip In the A uoolatlon

•hall bo transferred only concul'l·cntly with the recordatlon ol tran• Cer

of owner• hlp 0£ the Unit to which It relate •, Only one memborehlp for

each Unit sho.ll be vall<lly ouhto.ndlng at any tlme and that shall be ln

the name o{ the record owner oC the Unit. Upon tranlfcr oC a Unit,

the Membo rah Ip formerly held by the tran•Ceror •hall be tranaferred

to the trnne!e roe.

ARTICLE XVI

AMENDMENT

Section 1. By•Lawa. Thue By- Law• may be amended by

the A 11soclatlon In a duly con• tltuted ann11al or •peel al meeting for

• uch purpoae and no amendment shall take effect unleas approved

by all Owner• and Mortgagee •• No amendment ahall conflict wlth

any provlalon 0£ the Declaratlon,

ARTICLE XVII

MORTOAO.EES

Section 1. Notice to Auoclatlon, An Owner who mortgage•

hi• Unit shall notlly the Aeaoclatlon through the manager or management

agent, or the President 0£ the Board of DI rectora, 0£ the name and addresa

of hie mortga gee: and the A • aoclatlon shall maintain such lnformatlon ln

a book entitled "Mortgaaee11 of Unit." , Such notices may llkewlae be

given by any mortgagee directly to the Aaaoclatlon,

Section Z, Notlce of Unpaid Ae ae umenta, The A uoclatlon

• ha ll at the reque • t of the mortgagee of a Unit report any unpaid

aue aomentl due Crom the Owne r 0£ such Unit,

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ARTICLE XVIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) Corporate Seal1 The corporate seal of tho Auoclatlon

11hall be In such Corm a1 the Board of Director• •hall clotermlne and

11hall contain the name ol the Aaaoclatlon, the ltate oC It• creation and

11uch other matters aa may be required by the laws of the State ol ·Texas

or aa the BoRrd of Dlrectora, In their dlacretlon, may deter~lne.

So.Id seal may be u • ed by causing It or a facalmlle thereof to be

lmpre• 11ed, afflxed, reproduced or otherwise,

(b) Principal Office. The principal office • hall be established

and maintained In the County of El Pa110, State of Texa• •

(c) Other Ol!lcea. Other oCfl'cu of the Auoclatlon may be

eatabll• hed at such placea a • the Board of Directors may, from time

to tlme, de • lgnate or the bualne•• of the Assoclatlon may requlre,

(di Check•, DtaCt• 1 Notes. All check•, drafts or other order•

!or the payment of money, note• or other evidence• of Lndebtednea• laaued

In the name of the Auoclatlon for all debt• of the Auoelatlon shall be

signed by the President and eounter1l1ned by the Secretary or Treasurer

or by •uch oCflce:ra H shall f r om time to time be determined by the

Board oC Director• ,

(e l Notlco and Wa lvcr qi Nol'lce. Whenever any notice la required

by these By- Law• to be slve n, personal notice la not meant unle •• expre• 1ly

eo ctat.ed; and any notice • o required •hall be deemed to be • ufflclent lf

&lven by depo11ltlna the u m e In a po1 t o!flce box In a • e aled, po• t paid

w rappe>' , addreued to the pe raon e ntitle d thereto at hi• lut known

1,oe, ,,lf.kti 11dd~eo•, and • uch notice shall be deeme d to have been given

: , 1 na, ,1 •<1ch m a lllna , Any notice require d to be given under the • e

., °¥"t • ,.,.y Lto wa ive d by tho pe raon e ntitled thereto,

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Th B oard of Dlroctor11 after ({) Suaponalon After Hearlng, c

hcnl'lng and by mnjor,lty vote, •holl havo the rl1ht to suspend the

votln11 right• of a Member and the i·lght of a Member to u • e the public

utllltlc• and other £acllltle1 o{ the Common Area• for:

(1) HI• £allure to pay any common or •peclal aue11ment•

aa provided In the Ooclaratlon; 1uch au1pen1lon • hall not

exceed the period ln whlch •ald payment romaine dellnquent; and

(Z) Hl• vlolatlon 0£ the rule• and regulation• 0£ the

Aaaoclatlon, provlded that (l) 1u1penelon for such cau• e

shall not exceed thlrty (30} days £or any • lngle vlolatlon

and (ll) any • uch vlolatlon • hall not be ground• for tuapendlng

the Member'• rlght to u• e the publlc utllit.le• • ervlng hle

Unit,

Before any auch action may be taken a.t leaet ten (10) day•'

wrltten notlce must be glven to • uch Member • peclfylng the cha.rge • and

1tatln11 the tlme and place of hearing on •uch charae, At •uch hearing,

the Member •hall be given an opportunlty l_~ be heard and to pre• ent

ev ldence ln an• we r to • uch c:harse,

(s) Conlllct, In c a ae o( any confl~ct between the Article• of

Incorporatlon and theee By-Law •, the Artlcle • a( lncorporat\on •hall

control ; and ln ca • e of any conflic t between the Decla ra.tlon and the • e

By-Law• 6{ _the Article • of Inco r poration, the Decla ratlon •h all

control,

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STAte O~ l:XI\S COUN1Y OF El P"50 I he<.'!b':' :-:rtify tho! this insttu:n~1 'WOS filed

on the dot" nnd lim! 110:nP'!(i he~ ~Y me and was duly r«;rd~ in 1hc vo!um~ end pege of ffla Offic;ol Pu!>llc Record. ot Reol Property, El Poso C.ou:ity, Texo1.

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