Landowner Alert System 3-20-2020
Texas Property Taxes: Texas has one of the highest property tax rates in the country, but owners of rural Texas land also have options to significantly reduce those tax rates. Incentives exist for owners of rural property that may significantly reduce … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 3-6-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Conservation Easement Presentations Braun & Gresham Conservation Easement attorneys, Margaret Menicucci and Kathryn Tancig, spoke to landowners at both the Creating a Land Legacy: Comal County Landowner Workshop and the Texas Land Conservation Conference in … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 2-7-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Proposed Texas Hemp Regulations The Texas Hemp Plan was approved by the USDA on January 27, but the Texas Department of Agriculture still has to publish the final version of the … Continue reading
Common Fencing Mistakes in Texas
“It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others.” – E.M. Forster That might be true for people, but, in Texas, we know it’s definitely true … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 1-10-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: TCEQ Adopts New Wastewater Rules In December, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) adopted new rules for the disposal of treated wastewater effluent by land application. In 2016, Austin petitioned … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 12-20-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: ‘I Don’t Believe it’s In Until it’s In’: Gillespie County Landowner Still Fighting Pipeline Kay Pence has been fighting Kinder Morgan for more than a year now. The company offered her … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 12-6-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Enhanced Life Estate Deeds (aka Lady Bird Deeds) A Lady Bird Deed (“LBD”) is a deed that transfers a person’s (the “grantor”) interest to another (the “remainderman”) but reserves a life … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 11-15-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Permian Highway Pipeline Project Tracking Map Braun & Gresham is working closely with landowners potentially affected by the Permian Highway Pipeline to pinpoint the actual route Kinder Morgan will not provide. … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 11-1-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: 2019 Texas Legislative Recap – Top 5 Bills for Agriculture Tiffany Dowell Lashmet with with the Texas Agriculture Law Blog discusses the top 5 bills coming out of the 2019 Texas … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 10-18-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Crude Oil Pipeline Averted Over Recharge Zone Points to Lack of State Oversight Vote in November to Fund Our State Parks for Future Generations of Texans Conservation Easements like on Cherry … Continue reading