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.)
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 (Repealed and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 21.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 […]