Bill Text: TX HB2947 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of agricultural operations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective immediately [HB2947 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2947-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of agricultural operations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective immediately [HB2947 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2947-Introduced.html
By: Cain | H.B. No. 2947 |
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Relating to the definition of agricultural operations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 251.002, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (1) to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Agricultural operation" includes the following | ||
activities: | ||
(A) cultivating the soil; | ||
(B) producing crops for human food, animal feed, | ||
planting seed, or fiber; | ||
(C) floriculture; | ||
(D) viticulture; | ||
(E) horticulture; | ||
(F) silviculture; | ||
(G) wildlife management; | ||
(H) raising or keeping livestock or poultry; | ||
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(I) planting cover crops or leaving land idle for | ||
the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal | ||
crop or livestock rotation procedure; and | ||
(J) the commercial sale of animals, as defined by | ||
Section 252.001 of this code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |