By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1927
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2025; March 17, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 14, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; April 14, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1927 By: Nichols
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, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) 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) except as provided by Subsection (h-1), an Ashe
juniper tree located on a residential property.
(h-1) Subsection (h)(3) does not apply to an area located:
(1) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base,
as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program
is conducted; and
(2) in a county with a population of more than two
million.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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