Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 84.010 — CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS

PW § 84.010Title 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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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;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.