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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper |
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tree. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 212.905(h), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) A municipality may not prohibit the removal of or impose |
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a tree mitigation fee for the removal of [a tree that]: |
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(1) a tree that is diseased or dead; [or] |
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(2) a tree that poses an imminent or immediate threat |
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to persons or property; or |
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(3) an Ashe juniper tree located on a residential |
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property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |