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| 1 | - | 89R22455 MP-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Guillen, Cain H.B. No. 4163 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4163: | |
| 4 | - | By: Lopez of Cameron C.S.H.B. No. 4163 | |
| 1 | + | By: Guillen H.B. No. 4163 | |
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| 9 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | - | relating to the | |
| 12 | - | ||
| 8 | + | relating to the applicability of certain city requirements to | |
| 9 | + | agricultural operations. | |
| 13 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 251.0055 (c), Agriculture Code, is | |
| 15 | - | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | + | amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 13 | (c) A city may not impose a governmental requirement that | |
| 17 | 14 | directly or indirectly: | |
| 18 | 15 | (1) prohibits the use of a generally accepted | |
| 19 | 16 | agricultural practice listed in the manual prepared under Section | |
| 20 | 17 | 251.007, except as provided by Subsections (a) and (b); | |
| 21 | 18 | (2) prohibits or restricts the growing or harvesting | |
| 22 | - | of vegetation for animal feed | |
| 23 | - | ||
| 19 | + | of vegetation for animal feed or forage, except as provided by | |
| 20 | + | Subsection (d); | |
| 24 | 21 | (3) prohibits the use of pesticides or other measures | |
| 25 | 22 | to control vermin or disease-bearing insects to the extent | |
| 26 | - | necessary to prevent an infestation; | |
| 23 | + | necessary to prevent an infestation; or | |
| 27 | 24 | (4) requires an agricultural operation be designated | |
| 28 | 25 | for: | |
| 29 | 26 | (A) agricultural use under Section 1-d, Article | |
| 30 | 27 | VIII, Texas Constitution; or | |
| 31 | 28 | (B) farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber | |
| 32 | 29 | production use under Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas | |
| 33 | 30 | Constitution; or | |
| 34 | - | (5) requires the owner or | |
| 31 | + | (5) requires the owner or lessees of an agricultural | |
| 35 | 32 | operation to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on the right-of-way | |
| 36 | - | of a public road that is adjacent to the agricultural operation. | |
| 37 | - | SECTION 2. Section 251.0055, Agriculture Code, as amended | |
| 38 | - | by this Act, applies to a governmental requirement adopted before, | |
| 39 | - | on, or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 40 | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
| 33 | + | of a portion of a public road that is adjacent to agricultural | |
| 34 | + | operation. | |
| 35 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |