Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 84.004 — TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT

PW § 84.004Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part E. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, SANCTUARIES, AND PRESERVES · Ch. 84. TEXAS FARM AND RANCH LANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

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(a)An agricultural conservation easement under this chapter must be perpetual or for a term of 30 years.

(b)The owner of qualified land and a potential purchaser of an agricultural conservation easement should consider and negotiate easement terms, including the following considerations:

(1)whether the landowner will receive a lump sum or annual payments;

(2)whether the term of the easement shall be perpetual or for a term of 30 years;

(3)whether a term easement is renewable;

(4)whether the landowner retains limited development rights; and

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Legislative 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.