Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 84.010 · Chapter 84. TEXAS FARM AND RANCH LANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The council shall:
(1) give priority to applications that protect and maintain the agricultural or timber productivity of lands that are susceptible to development, including subdivision and fragmentation; and
(2) adopt a scoring process to be used in evaluating applications that considers the following:
(A) maintenance of landscape and watershed integrity to conserve water and natural resources;
(B) protection of habitats for native plant and animal species, including habitats for endangered, threatened, rare, or sensitive species;
(C) potential for leveraging state money allocated to the program with additional public or private money;
(D) proximity of the subject property to other protected lands;
(E) the term of the proposed easement, whether perpetual or for a term of 30 years;
(F) the land's agricultural or timber productivity; and
(G) a resource management plan agreed to by both parties and approved by the council.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Natural Resources Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 183 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 401 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.84.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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