89R3394 DNC-D
By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1927
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 located on a residential
property.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.