89R22455 MP-D
By: Guillen, Cain H.B. No. 4163
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4163:
By: Lopez of Cameron C.S.H.B. No. 4163
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental
requirements on an agricultural operation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.0055(c), Agriculture Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A city may not impose a governmental requirement that
directly or indirectly:
(1) prohibits the use of a generally accepted
agricultural practice listed in the manual prepared under Section
251.007, except as provided by Subsections (a) and (b);
(2) prohibits or restricts the growing or harvesting
of vegetation for animal feed, livestock forage, or forage for
wildlife management, except as provided by Subsection (d);
(3) prohibits the use of pesticides or other measures
to control vermin or disease-bearing insects to the extent
necessary to prevent an infestation; [or]
(4) requires an agricultural operation be designated
for:
(A) agricultural use under Section 1-d, Article
VIII, Texas Constitution; or
(B) farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber
production use under Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas
Constitution; or
(5) requires the owner or lessee of an agricultural
operation to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on the right-of-way
of a public road that is adjacent to the agricultural operation.
SECTION 2. Section 251.0055, Agriculture Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to a governmental requirement adopted before,
on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.