Tex. Agriculture Code § 252.001
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 252.001, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 252.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Animal" means poultry, livestock, and other domestic and wild animals. The term does not include an animal used for illegal gaming.
(2) "Animal or crop facility" means a facility that is used in the agricultural production of animals or crops. The term includes:
(A) a tractor, trailer, farm implement of husbandry, building, greenhouse, structure, laboratory, pasture, field, paddock, pond, impoundment, or premises where animals or crops are located;
(B) a managed bee colony; and
(C) a livestock market.
(3) "Crop" includes a shrub, vine, tree, seedling, shoot, slip, or other plant capable of producing food, fiber, medicine, nursery stock, floral products, or aesthetic beauty.
(1) "Animal" means poultry, livestock, and other domestic and wild animals. The term does not include an animal used for illegal gaming.
(2) "Animal or crop facility" means a facility that is used in the agricultural production of animals or crops. The term includes:
(A) a tractor, trailer, farm implement of husbandry, building, greenhouse, structure, laboratory, pasture, field, paddock, pond, impoundment, or premises where animals or crops are located;
(B) a managed bee colony; and
(C) a livestock market.
(3) "Crop" includes a shrub, vine, tree, seedling, shoot, slip, or other plant capable of producing food, fiber, medicine, nursery stock, floral products, or aesthetic beauty.
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