Bill Text: TX HB2239 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2239-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2239-Engrossed.html
By: Troxclair, Bailes, Burns, Thimesch, | H.B. No. 2239 | |
Patterson, et al. |
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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(h), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) A municipality may not prohibit the removal of or impose | ||
a tree mitigation fee for the removal of [ |
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(1) a tree that is diseased or dead; [ |
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(2) a tree that poses an imminent or immediate threat | ||
to persons or property; or | ||
(3) an Ashe juniper tree located on a residential | ||
property. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |