Bill Text: TX HB3755 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of Transportation of right-of-way landscaping.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Transportation [HB3755 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3755-Introduced.html
| By: Canales | H.B. No. 3755 | |
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| 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. | ||
