Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 714.002
Limitation on Location of Feed or Slaughter Pens near Cemetery

(a)

The maintenance or location of a feed pen for hogs, cattle, or horses, a slaughter pen, or a slaughterhouse 500 feet or nearer to an established cemetery in a county with a population of at least 525,000 is a nuisance.

(b)

The cemetery owner or a lot owner may bring suit to abate the nuisance and to prohibit its continuance. If a nuisance under this section exists or is threatened, the court shall grant a permanent injunction against the person responsible for the nuisance.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 714.002 — Limitation on Location of Feed or Slaughter Pens near Cemetery, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­714.­htm#714.­002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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