Amend CSHB 7 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 24 through page 2, line 8).
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 212.905, Local Government Code (page 2, between lines 25 and 26), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
( ) A municipality may not require a person to pay a tree mitigation fee for the removed tree if the tree:
(1) is located on a property that is an existing one-family or two-family dwelling that is the person's residence; and
(2) is less than 10 inches in diameter at the point on the trunk 4.5 feet above the ground.
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 212.905(e), Local Government Code, strike Subparagraphs 212.905(e)(2)(A) and (B) (page 2, lines 53 to 57) and insert the following:
(A) the property is a residential structure or pertains to the development, construction, or renovation of a residential structure; and
(B) the person is developing, constructing or renovating the property not for use as the person's residence; or
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 212.905(f), Local Government Code (page 3, lines 6 to 7), strike ", except that a tree mitigation fee may not exceed $400".
(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 212.905(g), Local Government Code (page 3, line 8), between "not" and "impose", insert "prohibit the removal of or".
(6) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 212.905(h), Local Government Code (page 3, lines 13 through 19).
(7) Reletter subsections of Section 212.905, Local Government Code, and cross-references to those subsections as appropriate.
(8) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate.