Texas Agriculture Code

§ 251.0055 — LIMITATIONS ON CITY GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN CORPORATE BOUNDARIES

AG § 251.0055Title 8. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS · Ch. 251. EFFECT OF NUISANCE ACTIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS

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(a)A city may not impose a governmental requirement that applies to agricultural operations located in the corporate boundaries of the city unless:

(1)there is clear and convincing evidence that the purposes of the requirement cannot be addressed through less restrictive means and that the requirement is necessary to protect persons who reside in the immediate vicinity or persons on public property in the immediate vicinity of the agricultural operation from the imminent danger of:

(A)explosion;

(B)flooding;

(C)an infestation of vermin or insects;

(D)physical injury;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (H.B. 4163), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.