88R3383 AMF-D By: Flores S.B. No. 1426 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 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 [a tree that]: (1) a tree that is diseased or dead; [or] (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.