HB 4163

relating to the applicability of certain city requirements to
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 251.0055 (c), Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
(c)  A city may not impose a governmental requirement that
(1)  prohibits the use of a generally accepted
agricultural practice listed in the manual prepared under Section
251.007, except as provided by Subsections (a) and (b);
(2)  prohibits or restricts the growing or harvesting
of vegetation for animal feed or forage, except as provided by
(3)  prohibits the use of pesticides or other measures
to control vermin or disease-bearing insects to the extent
necessary to prevent an infestation; or
(4)  requires an agricultural operation be designated
(A)  agricultural use under Section 1-d, Article
(B)  farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber
production use under Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas
(5)  requires the owner or lessees of an agricultural
operation to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on the right-of-way
of a portion of a public road that is adjacent to agricultural
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.