{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-183.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 183.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Conservation easement\" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property that imposes limitations or affirmative obligations designed to:\n(A) retain or protect natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property or assure its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use;\n(B) protect natural resources;\n(C) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or\n(D) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.\n(2) \"Holder\" means:\n(A) a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States; or\n(B) a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust created or empowered to:\n(i) retain or protect the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property;\n(ii) assure the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use;\n(iii) protect natural resources;\n(iv) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or\n(v) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.\n(3) \"Third-party right of enforcement\" means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that is eligible to be a holder but is not a holder.\n(4) \"Servient estate\" means the real property burdened by the conservation easement.\nAdded by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2438, ch. 434, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 8. ACQUISITION OF RESOURCES","CHAPTER 183. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.183.htm#183.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"bb9318ae8e55eba334b520923727b62f9b2f387e1947a6a81d20066763a22eb6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-164.019","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-183.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}