Food security being essential, it is the policy of this state to conserve, protect, and encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural land for the production of food and other agricultural products. It is the purpose of this chapter to reduce the loss to the state of its agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be legally threatened, subject to suit, regulated, or otherwise declared to be a nuisance.
Tex. Agric. Code § 251.001
POLICY
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Holubec v. Brandenberger (2003)
Most recently applied in Holubec v. Brandenberger (May 2003)
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2595, ch. 693, Sec. 21, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.