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Committee backs measure prioritizing working agricultural lands for state conservation-easement purchases

3191421 · May 5, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 20 18 clarifies that the Texas Farm and Ranch Land Conservation Program is intended to purchase conservation easements only on working agricultural lands and prioritizes landowners whose primary income comes from agricultural production; the committee reported the bill favorably to the full Senate

House Bill 20 18 clarifies statutory intent for the Texas Farm and Ranch Land Conservation Program so that conservation easements purchased by the program prioritize working agricultural lands and landowners whose primary occupation or income is derived from agricultural production.

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