The bill amends the Local Government Code and the Property Code to establish regulations regarding the raising or keeping of chickens on single-family residential lots. Specifically, it allows municipalities and property owners' associations to permit the raising of six or fewer chickens, prohibiting any ordinances or restrictive covenants that would prevent this. Municipalities may impose reasonable regulations that do not effectively prohibit the keeping of these chickens, such as limits on the number of additional chickens, prohibitions on breeding or keeping roosters, and requirements for the distance between chicken coops and residential structures.

Additionally, the bill specifies that these provisions apply only to restrictive covenants created on or after September 1, 2025. Any ordinance or covenant that contradicts the allowance for six chickens is deemed void. The bill is set to take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote from both houses of the legislature, or otherwise on September 1, 2025.

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