By: Darby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3302
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
  May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1;
  May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3302 By:  Kolkhorst
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         NicholsX
         HuffinesX
         EllisX
         FraserX
         GarciaX
         HallX
         HancockX
         KolkhorstX
         TaylorofCollinX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to highway landscaping projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 392, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 392.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 392.004.  REGIONALLY APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING. The
  department shall establish guidelines for a beautification project
  on a state highway right-of-way that require the use of only
  regionally appropriate plants.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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