By: Canales H.B. No. 3755
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of
  Transportation of right-of-way landscaping.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows:
         Sec. 202.062.  VEGETATION IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) The
  department shall institute a program for landowners with property
  adjacent to the state highway system allowing the planting or
  replacement of existing vegetation in the right-of-way that affects
  their property.
         (b)  a landowner who installs right-of-way vegetation must
  only use plants that are native, regionally appropriate, and
  pollinator-friendly.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.