TITLE: Relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant trees in those areas.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant trees in those areas.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant trees in those areas. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 88.1105 to read as follows: Sec. 88.1105. PLANTING TREES IN URBAN AREAS WITH CANOPY COVERAGE DISPARITY. (a) The Texas A&M Forest Service may partner with a political subdivision to identify an area in an urban area with a disparity in canopy coverage in comparison to other areas in the same political subdivision. (b) On identification of an area under Subsection (a), the Texas A&M Forest Service, in collaboration with the political subdivision, may plant trees in the area. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.