{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-714.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 714.002","heading":"LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF FEED OR SLAUGHTER PENS NEAR CEMETERY.","body":"(a) The maintenance or location of a feed pen for hogs, cattle, or horses, a slaughter pen, or a slaughterhouse 500 feet or nearer to an established cemetery in a county with a population of at least 525,000 is a nuisance.\n(b) The cemetery owner or a lot owner may bring suit to abate the nuisance and to prohibit its continuance. If a nuisance under this section exists or is threatened, the court shall grant a permanent injunction against the person responsible for the nuisance.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 714. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.714.htm#714.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f549bb6bdfae185d1a434ab980d7cbb71e9335d5ff29ea955a284481274518f5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-714.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-714.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}