1. (a) The state board may designate and give priority under the program to priority conservation measures that maximize public benefits to the state. Priority conservation measures include measures that:

   1. (1) improve soil health characteristics;
   2. (2) conserve and manage water resources;
   3. (3) prevent and manage flooding;
   4. (4) control invasive and nuisance species;
   5. (5) improve resilience to weather extremes, climate variability, and natural disasters;
   6. (6) protect and enhance native habitats, including the protection of endangered species;
   7. (7) mitigate and reduce soil erosion;
   8. (8) restore land damaged by development; and
   9. (9) sequester carbon to provide environmental benefits.

2. (b) The state board may:

   1. (1) establish standards and specifications for each priority conservation measure designated under this section; and
   2. (2) consider local priorities and needs in designating a priority conservation measure under this section.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (S.B. 1118), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.