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Amend SB 585 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section to read as follows and by renumbering the other sections of
the bill appropriately:
SECTION __. Chapter 756, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. MUNICIPAL LANDSCAPING SERVICES
Sec. 756.101. AUTHORIZATION. To protect the public health,
safety, or welfare, a municipality may provide landscaping
services, including tree-trimming, tree disposal, remediation,
cleanup, and recycling services, to any person who resides inside
or outside the corporate limits of the municipality only if the
governing body of the municipality makes written findings as
required by Section 756.102.
Sec. 756.102. FINDINGS REQUIRED. The written findings
must:
(1) identify the problem requiring the need for
providing municipal landscaping services;
(2) identify the public health, safety, or welfare
concern;
(3) describe any reasonable actions previously taken
to alleviate the problem; and
(4) specify a period of definite duration necessary to
address the problem.