BILL NUMBER: SB 2204	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   431
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 14, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto

                        MARCH 30, 2000

   An act to amend Section 51256.2 of the Government Code, relating
to land use.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2204, Soto.  Agricultural land.
   Under existing law, one or more cities or counties may adopt a
plan to implement multiple rescissions of Williamson Act contracts in
order to place other land under agricultural conservation easements
in a designated area within the Counties of San Bernardino and
Riverside.
   This bill would provide that easements located within that area
may be related to contract rescissions in either county.
   This bill would become operative only if AB 1944 is enacted and
becomes effective on or before January 1, 2001.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51256.2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   51256.2.  (a) One or more cities or counties may adopt a plan for
implementing the provisions of Section 51256 with respect to multiple
transactions within one or more specific areas, and submit the plan
to the director for his or her approval.  The plan may be approved
only upon a determination by the director that it is consistent with
the provisions of Section 51256.  Thereafter individual transactions
shall be approved if they are consistent with the approved plan.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 51256, this section shall apply only
to lands under contract located in the Counties of San Bernardino and
Riverside, within the area bounded by Interstate 10 on the north,
State Route 71 on the west, State Route 91 on the south, and a line
two miles east of Interstate 15 on the east, and to easements within
that area or within 10 miles of its exterior boundaries and within
either Riverside County or San Bernardino County.  For the purpose of
this section, easements located within the described area may be
related to contract rescissions in either county.
   (c) The Legislature finds and declares that, because of the unique
factors applicable only to the Chino Basin, a statute of general
applicability cannot be enacted within the meaning of subdivision (b)
of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.  Those
unique circumstances are that the Chino agricultural preserve is
undergoing transition from agricultural to nonagricultural uses and
the affected areas comprise more than a single jurisdiction.
Therefore, a multijurisdictional approach is necessary.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative only if AB 1944 is enacted
and becomes effective on or before January 1, 2001.