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      H.B. No. 4163         AN ACT   relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental   requirements on an agricultural operation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 251.0055(c), Agriculture Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)  A city may not impose a governmental requirement that   directly or indirectly:                (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, livestock forage, or forage for   wildlife management, except as provided by Subsection (d);                (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   for:                      (A)  agricultural use under Section 1-d, Article   VIII, Texas Constitution; or                      (B)  farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber   production use under Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas   Constitution ; or                 (5)     requires the owner or lessee of an agricultural   operation to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on the right-of-way   of a public road that is adjacent to the agricultural operation .          SECTION 2.  Section 251.0055, Agriculture Code, as amended   by this Act, applies to a governmental requirement adopted before,   on, or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4163 was passed by the House on April   30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 18, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4163 was passed by the Senate on May   21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor