By Alexander H.B. No. 1358
74R2580 SMH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space
1-3 land used for wildlife management.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 23.51(7), Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (7) "Wildlife management" means actively using land
1-8 previously <that on January 1, 1992, was> appraised as qualified
1-9 open-space land under this subchapter<, or that was eligible to be
1-10 appraised as qualified open-space land under this subchapter,> in
1-11 at least two of the following ways to propagate a sustaining
1-12 breeding population of indigenous wild animals <to produce a
1-13 harvestable surplus of those animals> for human use, including
1-14 food, medicine, or recreation:
1-15 (A) habitat control;
1-16 (B) erosion control;
1-17 (C) predator control;
1-18 (D) providing supplemental supplies of water;
1-19 (E) providing supplemental supplies of food;
1-20 (F) providing shelters; and
1-21 (G) making of census counts to determine
1-22 population.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996, and
1-24 applies only to taxes imposed for tax years beginning on or after
2-1 that date.
2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.