Sec. 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; and

(2) the priorities set under Section 11.105.

(c) The department shall support landowner education programs and cooperate with appropriate state agencies.

(d) The department shall provide notice of Section 12.0251 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(a). The policies and guidelines must identify the maximum information that the department may maintain under Section 12.0251.

(f) A review or update of a record or plan produced by the department under Section 12.0251 and maintained by the landowner or the landowner's agent may be requested by the landowner or the department.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 519, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.