Section 10253.
10253. Nothing in this chapter shall grant any new authority to the department to affect local policy or land use decisionmaking. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
Section 10254.
10254. (a) Before applying for funding to acquire an agricultural conservation easement or fee title, the applicant shall notify in writing the planning directors of the relevant county or counties and every city within two miles of the property about the application. The notice shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant’s intent to apply for […]
Section 10260.
10260. (a) In determining the amount of funding to be provided for an agricultural conservation easement or fee acquisition grant, the department shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the total purchase price of the agricultural conservation easement or, in the case of a fee title acquisition, the total purchase price of the subject property does […]
Section 10260.5.
10260.5. For purposes of this division, any instrument creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring a conservation easement, fee title, and any associate deed restrictions shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, in whole or in part, and those instruments shall be subject in all respects […]
Section 10261.
10261. (a) Whenever any entity exercises the power of eminent domain to acquire land subject to an agricultural conservation easement under this program, the condemnor shall pay just compensation to the owner of the land in fee and to the owner of the easement as follows: (1) The owner of the land in fee shall be paid […]
Section 10262.
10262. An agricultural conservation easement shall not prevent any of the following: (a) The granting of rights-of-way by the owner of the subject land in and through the land for the installation, transportation, or use of water, sewage, electric, telephone, gas, oil, or oil product lines, stock water development and storage, energy generation, and fencing if […]
Section 10262.5.
10262.5. The granting of an agricultural conservation easement under this division shall not be interpreted to convey any rights of public access to the subject property. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 616, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2003.)
Section 10263.
10263. (a) The department shall act on an application for a grant within 180 days after the department determines that it is complete. (b) The department shall notify the applicant of the department’s decision in writing. For any decision to disapprove an application, the written notice shall state the reason for the disapproval. (Amended by Stats. 2022, […]
Section 10264.
10264. The director shall disapprove the application for a grant for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title in any of the following circumstances: (a) The application does not satisfy the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 10251. (b) The department has determined that clear title to the agricultural conservation easement cannot be conveyed. […]
Section 10242.
10242. The director shall review, and approve or disapprove, all requests for funding under this division. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 19. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)