Section 10245.
10245. The program shall reimburse any school district which requests reimbursement for any net loss of property tax revenues occurring as a result of the program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
Section 10246.
10246. Grants may be made for land improvements. Use of these grants shall be limited to the improvement of land protected by a conservation easement or a similar long-term conservation agreement as determined by the director if the improvement will directly benefit the protected land. An application for a land improvement grant shall be evaluated […]
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.)
Section 10243.
10243. A local governmental entity shall not condition the issuance of an entitlement for use on the applicant’s granting of a conservation easement pursuant to this division. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 21. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Section 10230.
10230. (a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, be used for the purposes of the program. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), moneys may be deposited into the fund from federal grants, and gifts […]
Section 10230.2.
10230.2. (a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program is hereby established in the department. (b) The program may offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Acquisition of agricultural conservation easements or fee title to […]
Section 10231.
10231. (a) Funding shall be used in accordance with the expenditures and distribution authorized, required, or otherwise provided in the program for grants for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements or fee title. (b) The department may pay direct costs associated with the acquisition, as determined by the department, for costs incurred during the grant term. (Amended […]
Section 10231.5.
10231.5. The department may accept donations of funds if the department is the designated beneficiary of the donation and it agrees to use the funds for purposes of the program in a county specified by the donor. Any donation made to the department pursuant to this section is subject to the requirements of Sections 11005 […]
Section 10232.
10232. The director shall not approve a grant if the local government requesting a grant has acquired, or proposes to acquire, the agricultural conservation easement through the use of eminent domain, unless requested by the owner of the land. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
Section 10233.
10233. Each application for a grant pursuant to this division shall contain a matching funding component, as specified in this section, and may be provided in the form of cash or in-kind services, or any combination thereof, as determined by the department. (a) Each application for a grant for the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement […]