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89(R) HB 3798 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
89R22073 DNC-D
By: Troxclair, Tepper, Harris, Virdell,
H.B. No. 3798
Morales of Maverick, et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3798:
By: Gates
C.S.H.B. No. 3798
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper
tree.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 212.905, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to
read as follows:
(h) A municipality may not prohibit the removal of or impose
a tree mitigation fee for the removal of [
a tree that
]:
(1)
a tree that
is diseased or dead; [
or
]
(2)
a tree that
poses an imminent or immediate threat
to persons or property
; or
(3)
except as provided by Subsection (h-1), an Ashe
juniper tree located on a residential property
.
(h-1) Subsection (h)(3) does not apply to an area located:
(1)
within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base,
as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program
is conducted; and
(2)
in a county with a population of more than two
million.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.