MEDINA COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT



MEDINA COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT

1410 Avenue K

Hondo, Texas 78861

830-741-3035

AGRICULTURAL LAND-SPECIAL VALUATION APPLICATION

(TEXAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, 1-D-1)

THIS APPLICATION MUST BE FILED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MAY 1 OF THIS YEAR

Application Year: 2015

1. IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT:

Name _________________________________________ Phone Number ______________________

Address _______________________________________

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2. IDENTIFICATION OF LAND:

Deed Owner:___________________________________________________________________________________________

If you have adjoining land in more than one abstract, please list below.

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Abstract No. Abstract Name Acres Account Number

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a.________________________________________________________________________________________________

b.________________________________________________________________________________________________

c.________________________________________________________________________________________________

d.________________________________________________________________________________________________

e.________________________________________________________________________________________________

TOTAL acres subject to this application: ______________

3. HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL USAGE:

a. LIST THE PRINCIPAL USE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN (2) ABOVE FOR THE PAST SEVEN

YEARS. INCLUDE BOTH AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL USES OF THE LAND.

* "AGRICULTURAL USE" includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: cultivating the soil, producing crops for human food, animal feed, planting seed, and for the production of fibers; floriculture, viticulture, and horticulture; raising or keeping livestock; raising or keeping exotic animals for the production of human food or fiber, leather, pelts, or other tangible products having a commercial value; planting cover crops or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any government program, or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure and wildlife management.

Wildlife management means actively using land that at the time the wildlife-management use began was appraised as qualified open-space land under this subchapter in at least three of the following ways to propagate a sustaining breeding, migrating or wintering population of indigenous wild animals for human use, including food, medicine or recreation: habitat control, erosion control, predator control, providing supplemental supplies of water or of food, providing shelter or making census counts to determine population.

Agriculture land use categories include: irrigated cropland, orchard, improved pastureland, native pastureland and other classes typical in your area.

Describe the current and past uses of this property, starting with the current year and working back 5 years or until you have shown 5 out of 7 years of agricultural use.

* AGRICULTURAL USE NON-AGRICULTURAL USE

YEAR TYPE OF USE ACRES ACRES

2014______________________________________________________________________________________

2013______________________________________________________________________________________

2012______________________________________________________________________________________

2011______________________________________________________________________________________

2010______________________________________________________________________________________

2009______________________________________________________________________________________

2008______________________________________________________________________________________

Check Agricultural Land Use Classification on Following Page

b. This land is currently being used for an agricultural use as defined in (3-a) above.

YES ______ NO ______

INFORMATION:

An application for agricultural land-special valuation does not have to be filed annually once such valuation is granted. However, the Chief Appraiser may require a new application to be filed to confirm that the land is currently eligible for agricultural use special valuation. If not completed in full, the application WILL BE DENIED.

If the use of all or part of qualifying land changes to a non qualifying use, the land which changes use will be subject to a rollback in taxes for each of the preceding five years in which agricultural use-special valuation has been granted.

In addition, a penalty will be imposed if the owner fails to notify the Chief Appraiser in writing before May 1, after the eligibility for agricultural use land valuation ends or after a change in the category of the agricultural use. This penalty will be equal to 10% of the difference between the taxes imposed on the property in each year that the property was erroneously allowed the Special Valuation and the taxes that would otherwise have been imposed.

If the application is granted after being filed late, the owner is liable for a penalty of 10% of the difference in the amount of the tax imposed on the property and the amount that would be imposed if the property were taxed at market value.

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Under Section 37.10, Texas Penal Code, if you make a false statement on this application, you could receive a jail term of up to 1 year and a fine of up to $3,000, or community correctional facility confinement of up to 1 year, or a prison term of 2 to 10 years and a fine of up to $10.000.

I certify that the information given on this form is true and correct.

_____________________________________ ______________________

Signature of Applicant Date

IN ORDER FOR THIS OFFICE TO PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION MORE EFFICIENTLY, WE REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE IN FURNISHING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR AGRICULTURAL OPERATION. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO US IN INSURING THAT YOUR PROPERTY RECORDS ARE CORRECT.

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS

I. AGRICULTURAL WASTELAND - Land of extremely poor quality due to erosion or soil type, that is severely restricted in its ability to support domestic livestock, must be an integral part of one or more of the land types listed below.

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ACRES

II. NATIVE RANGE - Heavy brush and trees that restrict the livestock carrying capacity of the land.

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ACRES

III. IMPROVED RANGE - Partially cleared of brush and trees with native grasses used for grazing of domestic livestock.

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ACRES

IV. IMPROVED PASTURE - Perennial grasses (Bluestem, Kline, Bermuda, etc.) that are baled and/or grazed by domestic livestock.

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ACRES

If irrigated, how many acres? _________

V. DRY CROPLAND - Land planted in row or broadcast crops that are grown for sale or used for feed in your livestock operation.

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ACRES

VI. IRRIGATED CROPLAND - Cultivated and planted top annual crops that are watered on a regular basis.

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ACRES

VII. ORCHARDS - Land having trees planted for the specific purpose of producing fruit and/or nut crops.

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ACRES

VIII. NON-AGRICULTURAL USE - Land occupied by buildings, land not used to produce crops nor the production of domestic livestock. Land that is subdivided and for sale as residential and/or commercial tracts.

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ACRES

I understand that completion of this form does not assure me of its approval. The following questions are optional but very useful in determining agricultural use values.

A. If you show land used for raising livestock, how many head of livestock do you raise on this property?

(Year average) Cattle _______ Horses _______ Goats/Sheep _______

Other (Explain): _________________________________________________________________

B. If you grow crops, is this your principal operation? YES _____ NO _____ Is the raising of livestock

your principal operation? YES ______ NO _______

C. List principal crop grown. _________________________________________________________________

In an average year, what is your yield per acre? ________________________________________________

What is your cost per acre to produce above yield? _____________________________________________

D. List secondary crop grown. ________________________________________________________________

In an average year, what is your yield per acre? ________________________________________________

What is your cost per acre to produce above yield? _____________________________________________

E. If you rent or lease this land to another person, show the name and address of that person. Please attach a copy of

the lease agreement to this form.

____________________________________ ________________________

Name Phone Number

____________________________________

Address

____________________________________

F. Is this land leased for grazing __________________ or for raising crops ____________________.

How much lease do you receive per acre? $__________________________

Other consideration (explain) ______________________________________________________________

G. Is this land leased for hunting? YES_____ NO_____ If this land is leased for hunting, how much do you

receive per acre, per year. $____________________

H. Do you rent or lease land from someone else in this County? YES_____ NO______

If yes, how many acres? _____________ Please show the name and address of the person you lease from.

____________________________________ __________________________

Name Phone Number

____________________________________

Address

____________________________________

I. Is any of the land listed on this application located in the corporate limits of a city or town?

YES__________ NO _________

If yes, what town? ________________________________________________________

Are city utilities available to this property? YES ______ NO _______

If yes, please check below the utilities available.

Electricity ________ Gas ________ Water ________ Sewer ________ Garbage Pickup _________

J. Does your property have a water well? YES ______ NO ______

If yes, what year was the well drilled? __________ What is the depth of well? __________________

K. If the land shown on this application is ten (10) acres or less, is its use in agriculture in connection with a

larger operation? YES ______ NO ______

If yes, please explain: ____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

L. Is the property listed on this application fenced? YES ______ NO ______

M. Additional information about your agricultural operation: __________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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