1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Harris County, Texas.
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Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 251, the Right to Farm Act, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits when neighbors arrive after farming began. Harris County operations qualify under state law; the county does not layer additional protection on top.
Texas Agriculture Code Sec. 251.004 (Limitation on Nuisance Actions)
Sec. 251.004. NUISANCE OR OTHER ACTIONS. (a) No nuisance action or other action to restrain an agricultural operation may be brought against an agricultural operation that has lawfully been in operation and substantially unchanged for one year or more prior to the date on which the action is brought. A person who brings a nuisance action or other action to restrain an agricultural operation tha...
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