Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 83.015
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 83.015, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 83.015. BIOLOGICAL REVIEW; CRITERIA.
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a regional habitat conservation plan, including any mitigation fee, shall be based on the amount of harm to each endangered species to be protected under the regional habitat conservation plan.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the size of proposed habitat preserves shall be based solely on the amount of harm to the endangered species to be protected in the regional habitat conservation plan.
(c) The plan participants, together with the commission and the landowner members of the citizens advisory committee, shall appoint a biological advisory team. At least one member shall be appointed by the commission and one member by the landowner members of the citizens advisory committee. The member appointed by the commission serves as presiding officer of the team. The team shall assist in:
(1) the calculation of harm to the endangered species; and
(2) the sizing and configuring of the habitat preserves.
(d) Meetings of the biological advisory team are subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, and all work product of the biological advisory team is subject to the open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, "recovery criteria" means the criteria developed under a recovery plan in accordance with the federal act.
(f) After notice and hearing by the plan participants, the following may be based partly on any recovery criteria applicable to each endangered species to be protected under the plan:
(1) a regional habitat conservation plan, including any mitigation fee; or
(2) the size of proposed habitat preserves.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the size of proposed habitat preserves shall be based solely on the amount of harm to the endangered species to be protected in the regional habitat conservation plan.
(c) The plan participants, together with the commission and the landowner members of the citizens advisory committee, shall appoint a biological advisory team. At least one member shall be appointed by the commission and one member by the landowner members of the citizens advisory committee. The member appointed by the commission serves as presiding officer of the team. The team shall assist in:
(1) the calculation of harm to the endangered species; and
(2) the sizing and configuring of the habitat preserves.
(d) Meetings of the biological advisory team are subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, and all work product of the biological advisory team is subject to the open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, "recovery criteria" means the criteria developed under a recovery plan in accordance with the federal act.
(f) After notice and hearing by the plan participants, the following may be based partly on any recovery criteria applicable to each endangered species to be protected under the plan:
(1) a regional habitat conservation plan, including any mitigation fee; or
(2) the size of proposed habitat preserves.
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