Sec. 84.005.  TERMINATION OF EASEMENT.  (a)  Any time after an agricultural conservation easement is acquired with a grant awarded under this chapter, the landowner may request that the council terminate the easement as provided by Subsection (b) on the ground that the landowner is unable to meet the conservation goals as described by Section 84.002(1).  The termination request must contain a verifiable statement of impossibility.
(b)  On receipt of the request for termination, the council shall notify the qualified easement holder and conduct an inquiry.  Not later than the 180th day after the date the council receives the request, the council shall notify the parties of the decision to grant or deny the request for termination.  Either party may appeal the decision in district court not later than the 45th day after the date of the notification.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Natural Resources Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 183 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 401 (H.B. 1925), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2015.