Bill Text: TX HB3741 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a program by the Texas Department of Transportation to allow a real property owner to plant or replace vegetation in a right-of-way.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Transportation [HB3741 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3741-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a program by the Texas Department of Transportation to allow a real property owner to plant or replace vegetation in a right-of-way.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Transportation [HB3741 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3741-Introduced.html
By: Canales | H.B. No. 3741 |
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relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation of right-of-way landscaping. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 202.062. VEGETATION IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) The | ||
department shall institute a program for landowners with property | ||
adjacent to the state highway system allowing the planting or | ||
replacement of existing vegetation in the right-of-way that affects | ||
their property. | ||
(b) a landowner who installs right-of-way vegetation must | ||
only use plants that are native, regionally appropriate, and | ||
pollinator-friendly. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |