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 (Repealed and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 21.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 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 10239.
10239. The director shall disburse funds to an applicant for a grant for the acquisition of fee title to agricultural land only if the applicant agrees to all of the following conditions: (a) Upon acquisition of the property, treat the property as encumbered by an agricultural conservation easement subject to this division and approved by the […]
Section 10240.
10240. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division. (b) Rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of […]
Section 10241.
10241. The department shall adopt the criteria necessary for its approval of grant applications. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 616, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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 […]