Texas § HS.714.002 - LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF FEED OR SLAUGHTER PENS NEAR CEMETERY

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§ HS.714.002. LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF FEED OR SLAUGHTER PENS NEAR CEMETERY

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.

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