Section 10252.
10252. The director shall evaluate a proposal for a fee title or agricultural conservation easement acquisition grant based upon the overall value of the project, taking into consideration the goals and objectives for the program, and the extent to which the proposed project satisfies the following selection criteria: (a) The quality of the agricultural land, based […]
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 10223.
10223. “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 6. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Section 10238.
10238. (a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds to acquire agricultural conservation easements that restrict husbandry practices. (b) The following uses and activities shall be deemed consistent and compatible with any agricultural conservation easement funded under this division and shall not be considered to restrict husbandry practices: (1) Those uses and activities specified in Sections 10246 […]
Section 10224.
10224. “Resource conservation district” means a resource conservation district established pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001). (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 7. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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 […]