Texas Agriculture Code
§ 251.005 — EFFECT OF GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
AG § 251.005Title 8. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS · Ch. 251. EFFECT OF NUISANCE ACTIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)For purposes of this section, the effective date of a governmental requirement is the date on which the requirement requires or attempts to require compliance as to the geographic area encompassed by the agricultural operation. The recodification of a municipal ordinance does not change the original effective date to the extent of the original requirements.
(b)A governmental requirement of a political subdivision of the state other than a city:
(1)applies to an agricultural operation with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the requirement;
(2)does not apply to an agricultural operation with an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the requirement; and
(3)applies to an agricultural operation if the governmental requirement was in effect and was applicable to the operation prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(c)A governmental requirement of a city:
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 18 (S.B. 734), Sec. 2, eff. May 3, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 88 (H.B. 205), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 9.22, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (H.B. 1750), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (H.B. 1750), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.