Private Property Rights. Tree Regulations make the 2017 Veto List.

Vetoed: SB 744 By Kolkhorst Relating to a tree planting credit to offset tree mitigation fees imposed by a municipality.

The Veto Statement Highlights:

• Cities dictating trees is a “assault on provate property rights”
• A compromise bill, like SB 744, cannot only offer ” a very minor restriction on some municipal tree ordinances”
• state law shall not support “municipal micromanagement of private property”
• ” we can do better for private property owners in the upcoming special session”

SB 744 Veto Statement