Bill Text: TX HB1191 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate the raising or keeping of chickens.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to Local Government [HB1191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1191-Engrossed.html
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| By: Cain, et al. | H.B. No. 1191 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate | ||
| the raising or keeping of chickens. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 250.014. REGULATION OF CHICKENS. (a) Notwithstanding | ||
| any other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a | ||
| municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or | ||
| order that prohibits an individual from raising or keeping six or | ||
| fewer chickens. | ||
| (b) A municipality may impose reasonable regulations on the | ||
| raising or keeping of chickens that do not have the effect of | ||
| prohibiting the raising or keeping of six or fewer chickens, | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) a limit on the number of chickens that an | ||
| individual may raise or keep in excess of six; | ||
| (2) a prohibition on breeding chickens; | ||
| (3) a prohibition on raising or keeping roosters; | ||
| (4) a requirement that an individual only keep | ||
| chickens in the rear yard of a residence; | ||
| (5) a requirement that an individual provide fencing | ||
| or shelter sufficient to contain chickens on the individual's | ||
| property; or | ||
| (6) a regulation related to the accumulation of animal | ||
| waste that results in an offensive odor or attracts pests. | ||
| 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. | ||
