BILL NUMBER: AB 494	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  447
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Section 66412.9 to the Government Code, relating to
local planning.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 494, Caballero. Local planning: agricultural laborer housing.
   The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the adoption and
administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by
a city, county, or city and county.
   This bill would provide that provisions concerning the filing of
subdivision maps, which are part of the Planning and Zoning Law, are
not applicable to leases of agriculturally zoned land to nonprofit
organizations for the purpose of operating an agricultural labor
housing project on the property if specified conditions apply.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66412.9 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   66412.9.  This division shall not apply to leases of
agriculturally zoned land to nonprofit organizations for the purpose
of operating an agricultural labor housing project on the property if
all of the following conditions apply:
   (1) The property to be leased shall not be more than five acres.
   (2) The lease shall be for not less than 30 years.
   (3) The lease shall be executed prior to January 1, 2017.