Bill Text: TX HB969 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate the removal by a landowner of noxious or invasive plant species or brush species detrimental to water conservation from the landowner's property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB969 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB969-Comm_Sub.html
86R24405 NC-D | |||
By: Springer | H.B. No. 969 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 969: | |||
By: Burns | C.S.H.B. No. 969 |
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relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate | ||
the removal by a landowner of noxious or invasive plant species or | ||
brush species detrimental to water conservation from the | ||
landowner's property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 71.153(a), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A political subdivision may not adopt an ordinance or | ||
rule that: | ||
(1) restricts the planting, sale, or distribution of | ||
noxious or invasive plant species; or | ||
(2) prohibits or limits the removal by a landowner of a | ||
noxious or invasive plant species located on the landowner's | ||
property if the property is: | ||
(A) a homestead; | ||
(B) designated for agricultural use under | ||
Chapter 23, Tax Code; or | ||
(C) a single family residential property. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 203, Agriculture Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 203.0555 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 203.0555. LOCAL REGULATION OF NOXIOUS BRUSH. (a) In | ||
this section, "noxious brush" means brush designated by the board | ||
as an eligible brush species detrimental to water conservation for | ||
purposes of implementing the state water supply enhancement plan. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality or county | ||
may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, rule, or other | ||
regulation that prohibits or limits the removal by a landowner of | ||
any noxious brush located on the landowner's property if the | ||
property is: | ||
(A) a homestead; | ||
(B) designated for agricultural use under | ||
Chapter 23, Tax Code; or | ||
(C) a single family residential property. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |