{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-251.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 251.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Agricultural operation\" includes the following activities:\n(A) cultivating the soil;\n(B) producing crops or growing vegetation for human food, animal feed, livestock forage, forage for wildlife management, planting seed, or fiber;\n(C) floriculture;\n(D) viticulture;\n(E) horticulture;\n(F) silviculture;\n(G) wildlife management;\n(H) raising or keeping livestock or poultry, including veterinary services;\n(I) planting cover crops or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure;\n(J) the commercial sale of animals, as defined by Section 252.001 of this code; and\n(K) aquaculture.\n(2) \"Governmental requirement\" includes any rule, regulation, ordinance, zoning, license or permit requirement, or other requirement or restriction enacted or promulgated by a county, city, or other municipal corporation that has the power to enact or promulgate the requirement or restriction.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2595, ch. 693, Sec. 21, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 18 (S.B. 734), Sec. 1, eff. May 3, 2005.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 135 (H.B. 2308), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (H.B. 1750), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (H.B. 2947), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 2271), Sec. 3, eff. June 12, 2023.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 2.001, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 8. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 251. EFFECT OF NUISANCE ACTIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.251.htm#251.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"ae9c0e596cf055e07f910a0dcd2acea7b359be34855a35ee1d719b56a8224928","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-251.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-251.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}