Bill Text: TX SB1426 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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
88R3383 AMF-D | ||
By: Flores | S.B. No. 1426 |
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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 [ |
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(1) a tree that is diseased or dead; [ |
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(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. |