\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t","hadText":true}Sec.\u00A0251.002.\u00A0\u00A0DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
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(1)\u00A0\u00A0\"Agricultural operation\" includes the following activities:
(A)\u00A0\u00A0cultivating the soil;
(B)\u00A0\u00A0producing crops or growing vegetation for human food, animal feed, livestock forage, forage for wildlife management, planting seed, or fiber;
(C)\u00A0\u00A0floriculture;
(D)\u00A0\u00A0viticulture;
(E)\u00A0\u00A0horticulture;
(F)\u00A0\u00A0silviculture;
(G)\u00A0\u00A0wildlife management;
(H)\u00A0\u00A0raising or keeping livestock or poultry, including veterinary services;
(I)\u00A0\u00A0planting cover crops or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure; and
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(J)\u00A0\u00A0the commercial sale of animals, as defined by Section 252.001 of this code
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(J)\u00A0\u00A0aquaculture.
(2)\u00A0\u00A0\"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.
\r\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2595, ch. 693, Sec. 21, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 18 (S.B. 734), Sec. 1, eff. May 3, 2005.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 135 (H.B. 2308), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (H.B. 1750), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (H.B. 2947), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 2271), Sec. 3, eff. June 12, 2023.
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