Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 84.011 — TEXAS FARM AND RANCH LANDS CONSERVATION COUNCIL

PW § 84.011Title 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)The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council is established to advise and assist the director with administration of the program and to select applicants to receive grants under this chapter using the criteria adopted by the council under Section 84.010. The council consists of 12 members as follows:

(1)six members appointed by the governor as follows:

(A)two members who each operate a family farm or ranch in this state;

(B)one member who is the designated representative of an agricultural banking or lending organization and who has significant experience lending for farms and ranches or lands encumbered by conservation easements;

(C)two members who are the designated representatives of a statewide agricultural organization in existence in this state for not less than 10 years; and

(D)one member who is a designated representative of a statewide nonprofit organization that represents land trusts operating in this state; 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.