{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-11.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 11.161","heading":"IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY.","body":"(a) Machinery and equipment items that are used in the production of farm or ranch products or of timber, regardless of their primary design, are considered to be implements of husbandry and are exempt from ad valorem taxation.\n(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a nursery stock weather protection unit, as defined by Section 71.041, Agriculture Code, is considered to be an implement of husbandry.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 127, ch. 13, Sec. 32, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4823, ch. 851, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 17.01, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 631, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 412 (S.B. 1652), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2006.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 370 (H.B. 1526), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.","path":["TAX CODE","TITLE 1. PROPERTY TAX CODE","SUBTITLE C. TAXABLE PROPERTY AND EXEMPTIONS","CHAPTER 11. TAXABLE PROPERTY AND EXEMPTIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. EXEMPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.11.htm#11.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"76fb207b2c28fd7e8f1630f85a6a2a05ca209c0f69303d7c2f07f48658cb7fe6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-11.16","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-11.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}