Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.004
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.004, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 84.004. TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
Official statutory text
(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
(5) the purchase price of the easement.
(c) An agricultural conservation easement may not be assigned to or enforced by a third party without the express written consent of the landowner.
(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
(5) the purchase price of the easement.
(c) An agricultural conservation easement may not be assigned to or enforced by a third party without the express written consent of the landowner.
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