88R4270 SCL-D
By: Talarico H.B. No. 1830
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to
identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant
trees in those areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 88.1105 to read as follows:
Sec. 88.1105. PLANTING TREES IN URBAN AREAS WITH CANOPY
COVERAGE DISPARITY. (a) The Texas A&M Forest Service may partner
with a political subdivision to identify an area in an urban area
with a disparity in canopy coverage in comparison to other areas in
the same political subdivision.
(b) On identification of an area under Subsection (a), the
Texas A&M Forest Service, in collaboration with the political
subdivision, may plant trees in the area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.