By: Hinojosa of Nueces, et al. S.B. No. 1927
 
  (Troxclair, Tepper, Harris, Virdell, Morales of Maverick,
 
  et al.)
 
 
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.