Bill Text: IN SR0024 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Study committee on the topic of tree trimming.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities [SR0024 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SR0024-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to
assign an interim study committee the topic of tree trimming.
January 5, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council
to assign an interim study committee the topic of tree trimming.
Whereas, Indiana values its natural environment;
Whereas, Indiana values private property rights;
Whereas, The excessive removal of tree canopy with respect
to a utility right of way mars the natural environment and
infringes upon the rights of landowners; and
Whereas, Not all utilities are subject to the rules of the
Utility Regulatory Commission concerning tree trimming:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate urges the Legislative Council to assign an interim study committee the topic of whether additional regulatory actions are necessary to prevent excessive removal of tree canopy from utility right of ways .
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Legislative Council through the Executive Director of the Legislative Services Agency.
