{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-252.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 252.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Animal\" means poultry, livestock, and other domestic and wild animals. The term does not include an animal used for illegal gaming.\n(2) \"Animal or crop facility\" means a facility that is used in the agricultural production of animals or crops. The term includes:\n(A) a tractor, trailer, farm implement of husbandry, building, greenhouse, structure, laboratory, pasture, field, paddock, pond, impoundment, or premises where animals or crops are located;\n(B) a managed bee colony; and\n(C) a livestock market.\n(3) \"Crop\" includes a shrub, vine, tree, seedling, shoot, slip, or other plant capable of producing food, fiber, medicine, nursery stock, floral products, or aesthetic beauty.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (H.B. 1480), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 8. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 252. ANIMAL AND CROP FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.252.htm#252.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"0c5d4a3cb52727710110980bacb7ca5236bf0f668895086adbf60f58713cb43e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-251.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-252.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}