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Amend CSHB 7 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 212.905, Local Government Code (page 2, lines 11-25), strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
(a) In this section, "tree mitigation fee" means a fee or charge imposed by a municipality in connection with the removal of a tree from private property.
(2) In added Section 212.905, Local Government Code, strike "a credit" each place it appears and substitute "reimbursement" as follows:
(A) in Subsection (b) (page 2, line 28);
(B) in Subsection (c) (page 2, lines 30 and 32); and
(C) in Subsection (f) (page 2, lines 66 and 68-69).
(3) In added Section 212.905(b), Local Government Code (page 2, lines 28-29), strike "to offset the amount of the fee".
(4) In added Section 212.905, Local Government Code (page 2, lines 45 through 64), strike Subsection (e) and substitute the following:
(e) If a person pays a tree mitigation fee to a municipality, the municipality shall refund the fee to the person. If a person plants any trees in lieu of paying a tree mitigation fee, the municipality shall reimburse to the person the cost of planting the trees required for mitigation, as demonstrated by receipts provided by the person to the municipality. A municipality must pay the refund or reimbursement as required by this subsection not later than the 90th day after the date the person entitled to the payment:
(1) pays the tree mitigation fee; or
(2) provides receipts indicating the cost of planting the trees.