86R29978 NC-D
 
  By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 86
 
  (White)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 86:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of raising or keeping chickens on
  single-family residential lots by a municipality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 217, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY AUTHORITY
         Sec. 217.051.  SIX CHICKENS ALLOWED ON SINGLE-FAMILY
  RESIDENTIAL LOT. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law and except as
  provided by Subsection (b), a municipality may not adopt or enforce
  an ordinance that prohibits the raising or keeping of six or fewer
  chickens on a single-family residential lot.
         (b)  A municipality may impose reasonable regulations on the
  raising or keeping of poultry on a single-family residential lot
  that do not have the effect of prohibiting the raising or keeping of
  six or fewer chickens, including:
               (1)  a limit on the number of chickens that may be
  raised or kept in excess of six;
               (2)  a prohibition on breeding poultry;
               (3)  a prohibition on raising or keeping roosters; or
               (4)  the minimum distance between a chicken coop and a
  residential structure.
         (c)  An ordinance adopted by a municipality that violates
  Subsection (a) is void.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 217, Local Government
  Code, as added by this Act, applies to an ordinance adopted before,
  on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.