84R1676 AJZ-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 132
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting local governments from interfering with a
person's right to engage in the production of agriculture.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 229.061. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any
other law, a municipality may not adopt regulations that interfere
with a person's right to engage in the production of agriculture, as
defined by Section 2.001, Agriculture Code.
Sec. 229.062. INJUNCTION. The attorney general may bring
an action in a district court in the name of the state to obtain a
temporary or permanent injunction against a municipality adopting a
regulation in violation of this section.
SECTION 2. Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 240.061. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any
other law, the commissioners court of a county may not adopt
regulations that interfere with a person's right to engage in the
production of agriculture, as defined by Section 2.001, Agriculture
Code.
Sec. 240.062. INJUNCTION. The attorney general may bring
an action in a district court in the name of the state to obtain a
temporary or permanent injunction against a county adopting a
regulation in violation of this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.