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 […]
Section 10235.
10235. (a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds unless the applicant agrees that the grant funds shall be used by the applicant only for the purpose for which the funds were requested and awarded. For a grant for an agricultural conservation easement, the director shall not disburse any grant funds unless the applicant agrees […]
Section 10220.
10220. “Local government program” means the policies and implementation measures of a local government to conserve agricultural land. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
Section 10221.
10221. “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subdivision (a) of Section 815.3 of the Civil Code. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 5. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Section 10222.
10222. “Program” means the California Farmland Conservancy Program established under this division. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 503, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
Section 10200.
10200. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act. Any other references in this division to the Agricultural Land Stewardship Program Act of 1995 shall hereafter mean the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)