Tex.
Parks & Wild. Code Section 12.025
Technical Guidance to Landowners
(a)
The department may provide technical guidance to landowners who request information concerning fish, wildlife, nongame, and habitat management.(b)
In setting priorities for the provision of money to a landowner under this section, the department shall consider:(1)
the inventory developed under Section 11.103 (Inventory); and(2)
the priorities set under Section 11.105 (Coordination of Conservation and Recreation Operations).(c)
The department shall support landowner education programs and cooperate with appropriate state agencies.(d)
The department shall provide notice of Section 12.0251 (Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner) to a private landowner who requests technical assistance before entering the property to collect and record information about animal or plant life.(e)
The commission by rule shall adopt policies, including written guidelines for a method for providing notice under Subsection (d) and for departmental entry onto privately owned land to collect information described by Section 12.0251 (Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner)(a). The policies and guidelines must identify the maximum information that the department may maintain under Section 12.0251 (Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner).(f)
A review or update of a record or plan produced by the department under Section 12.0251 (Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner) and maintained by the landowner or the landowner’s agent may be requested by the landowner or the department.
Source:
Section 12.025 — Technical Guidance to Landowners, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.025
(accessed Jun. 5, 2024).