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Committee tables bill on VDOT authority to remove invasive "tree of heaven" from rights of way
2157221 · January 28, 2025
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Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony about narrowing HB 2464 to allow VDOT to remove and apply herbicide to tree of heaven in state rights of way. VDOT officials said costs were indeterminate; the subcommittee voted to lay the bill on the table.
Delegate Higgins presented amendments to HB 2464 that limit the bill to one invasive species, the tree of heaven, and remove language that would have required digging up plants; the amendment clarifies VDOT may cut and apply herbicide to…
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