Bill Text: TX SB1426 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Local Government [SB1426 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1426-Introduced.html

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88R3383 AMF-D
By: Flores S.B. No. 1426

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper
tree.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 212.905(h), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) A municipality may not prohibit the removal of or impose
a tree mitigation fee for the removal of [a tree that]:
(1) a tree that is diseased or dead; [or]
(2) a tree that poses an imminent or immediate threat
to persons or property; or
(3) an Ashe juniper tree.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.