By: Darby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3302
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1;
May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3302 By: Kolkhorst
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NicholsX
HuffinesX
EllisX
FraserX
GarciaX
HallX
HancockX
KolkhorstX
TaylorofCollinX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to highway landscaping projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 392, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 392.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 392.004. REGIONALLY APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING. The
department shall establish guidelines for a beautification project
on a state highway right-of-way that require the use of only
regionally appropriate plants.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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