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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting local governments from interfering with a |
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person's right to engage in the production of agriculture. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE |
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Sec. 229.061. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any |
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other law, a municipality may not adopt regulations that interfere |
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with a person's right to engage in the production of agriculture, as |
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defined by Section 2.001, Agriculture Code. |
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Sec. 229.062. INJUNCTION. The attorney general may bring |
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an action in a district court in the name of the state to obtain a |
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temporary or permanent injunction against a municipality adopting a |
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regulation in violation of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE |
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Sec. 240.061. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any |
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other law, the commissioners court of a county may not adopt |
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regulations that interfere with a person's right to engage in the |
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production of agriculture, as defined by Section 2.001, Agriculture |
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Code. |
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Sec. 240.062. INJUNCTION. The attorney general may bring |
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an action in a district court in the name of the state to obtain a |
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temporary or permanent injunction against a county adopting a |
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regulation in violation of this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |