Anti-tree bills are defeated
updated July 6, 2011

Every bill designed to dismantle San Antonio’s tree and aquifer protection ordinances met with unlikely defeat in the 82nd Texas Legislature.

• SB 732, the clearcutting bill, passed out of the Senate by trickery but was rejected by the House.
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• SB 1741, which would have gutted heritage tree protections, was blocked from coming to a vote in the Senate.
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• SB 1201, which would have increased development over the Edwards Aquifer and in floodplains, did not even get a committee hearing.
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• Three grandfathering bills, which would have enabled developers to get exemptions from city ordinances, were not passed. One bill ran out of time and the other two never got traction.
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