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P r o p e r t y T a x

A p p l i c a t i o n f o r 1 - d - 1 ( O p e n - S p a c e ) A g r i c u l t u r a l U s e A p p r a i s a l

Form 50-129

STEP 3: Describe the Property for Which you are Seeking Agricultural Use Appraisal

Give legal description, abstract numbers, field numbers or plat numbers. You may attach last year’s tax statement, notice of appraised value or other corre-

spondence identifying the property, rather than completing this section.

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Appraisal District Account Number (if known)

Number of Acres for Which Application is Made

Please check the appropriate box for “Yes” or “No”

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1. Has the ownership of the property changed since January 1 of last year or since the last application was submitted? . . . . . . . .

Yes

If yes, the new owner must complete all applicable questions, including Step 4 and Step 5, if the land is

used to manage wildlife.

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2. Last year, were you allowed 1-d-1 appraisal on this property by the chief appraiser of this appraisal district? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

If no, you must complete all applicable questions, including Step 4 and Step 5, if the land is used to manage wildlife.

If yes, you need only complete those parts of Steps 4 and 5 that have changed since your earlier application or any

information in Steps 4 and 5 requested by the chief appraiser.

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3. Is this property located within the corporate limits of a city or town? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

STEP 4: Describe the Property’s Use

Agricultural use includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: (1) cultivating the soil; (2) producing crops for human food, animal feed, or planting

seed or for the production of fibers; (3) floriculture, viticulture and horticulture; (4) raising or keeping livestock; (5) raising or keeping exotic animals or fowl

for the production of human food or fiber, leather, pelts or other tangible products having a commercial value; (6) planting cover crops or leaving land idle for

the purpose of participating in a governmental program provided the land is not used for residential purposes or a purpose inconsistent with agricultural use

or leaving the land idle in conjunction with normal crop or livestock rotation procedures; (7) wildlife management; and (8) beekeeping.

Wildlife management is defined as actively using land that at the time the wildlife-management use began, was appraised as qualified open-space or timber

land under Tax Code, Chapter 23, Subchapter D or E, to propagate a sustaining breeding, migrating or wintering population of indigenous wild animals

for human use, including food, medicine, or recreation, in at least three of the following ways: (1) habitat control; (2) erosion control; (3) predator control;

(4) providing supplemental supplies of water; (5) providing supplement supplies of food; (6) providing shelters; and (7) making census counts to determine

population.

Wildlife management is also actively using land to protect federally listed endangered species under a federal permit if the land is included in a habitat

preserve subject to a conservation easement created under Chapter 183 Natural Resources Code or part of a conservation development under a federally

approved habitat conservation plan restricting the use of the land to protect federally listed endangered species or actively using land for a conservation or

restoration project under certain federal and state statutes is wildlife management. These two types of wildlife management uses do not require showing a

history of agricultural use but do require evidence identified in Step 4, Questions 4 and 5.

Agricultural land use categories include: (1) irrigated cropland, (2) dry cropland, (3) improved pastureland, (4) native pastureland, (5) orchard, (6) wasteland,

(7) timber production, (8) wildlife management, and (9) other categories of land that are typical in your area.

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