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| 1 | 1 | By: Canales H.B. No. 3755 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of | |
| 7 | 7 | Transportation of right-of-way landscaping. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, | |
| 10 | 10 | is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 202.062. VEGETATION IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) The | |
| 12 | 12 | department shall institute a program for landowners with property | |
| 13 | 13 | adjacent to the state highway system allowing the planting or | |
| 14 | 14 | replacement of existing vegetation in the right-of-way that affects | |
| 15 | 15 | their property. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) a landowner who installs right-of-way vegetation must | |
| 17 | 17 | only use plants that are native, regionally appropriate, and | |
| 18 | 18 | pollinator-friendly. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |