Section 183.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property that imposes limitations or affirmative obligations designed to:(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;(B) protect natural resources;(C) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or(D) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.(2) "Holder" means:(A) a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States; or(B) a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust created or empowered to:(i) retain or protect the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property;(ii) assure the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use;(iii) protect natural resources;(iv) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or(v) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.(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.(4) "Servient estate" means the real property burdened by the conservation easement.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 183.001
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2438, ch. 434, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1983.