Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 83.016
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 83.016, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 83.016. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Official statutory text
(a) The plan participants shall appoint a citizens advisory committee to assist in preparing the regional habitat conservation plan and the application for a federal permit.
(b) At least four members or 33 percent of the citizens advisory committee, whichever is greater in number, must own undeveloped land or land in agricultural use in the regional habitat conservation plan area. A landowner member may not be an employee or elected official of a plan participant or any other local, state, or federal governmental entity.
(c) Not later than the 90th day after the initial identification of the proposed preserve system for the regional habitat conservation plan, the plan participants shall appoint one additional landowner, who owns land within the proposed habitat preserve system, to the citizens advisory committee. The additional landowner member must comply with Subsection (b).
(d) The commission shall appoint one representative to the citizens advisory committee. The commission's representative is a voting member of the committee.
(b) At least four members or 33 percent of the citizens advisory committee, whichever is greater in number, must own undeveloped land or land in agricultural use in the regional habitat conservation plan area. A landowner member may not be an employee or elected official of a plan participant or any other local, state, or federal governmental entity.
(c) Not later than the 90th day after the initial identification of the proposed preserve system for the regional habitat conservation plan, the plan participants shall appoint one additional landowner, who owns land within the proposed habitat preserve system, to the citizens advisory committee. The additional landowner member must comply with Subsection (b).
(d) The commission shall appoint one representative to the citizens advisory committee. The commission's representative is a voting member of the committee.
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