Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
Subtitle C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES |
Chapter 714. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES |
Sec. 714.002. LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF FEED OR SLAUGHTER PENS NEAR CEMETERY
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(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.