By Laws

In Texas when creating Bylaws for your HOA, do the Bylaws have to be voted on by the homeowners?

Although the developer still owns lots, he has a vote too. And both the covenants and the bylaws say the developer has 3 votes per lot he owns whereas homeowners only have 1 vote per lot; so he could out vote homeowners, but the homeowners still had to be notified of the opportunity to vote and it still has to be recorded?

Is this correct?

If that's what your documents say, it's correct - read them again.

Generally, as long as the developer still has control of the community (especially when the documents give him most of the votes), he can do whatever he likes until the community is turned over to the homeowners. You can try to persuade him to draft bylaws that will be more homeowner friendly, in anticipation of turning the community over, but it appears that's all you can do for now.

When your community is finally turned over, be sure to update your documents to remove all references to the developer. You may even want to consider a bylaw that calls for one vote per homeowner, regardless of the number he/she owns so you don't get one person (or an investor-owner) buying up a bunch of homes and all the votes that go with it - thus creating the same situation.

Typically not for the initial set of Bylaws.