Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB732 by Nichols (Relating to the prohibition of certain regulations by a municipality in its extraterritorial jurisdiction involving trees and vegetation.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to prohibit the governing body of a municipality from regulating the planting, clearing, or harvesting of trees or vegetation in its extraterritorial jurisdiction unless otherwise authorized by state law.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.